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From: Asias He <asias.hejun@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kvm tools: Make host side IP configurable
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:28:00 +0800
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On 04/13/2011 08:28 PM, Asias He wrote:
> On 04/13/2011 08:13 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> Add --host-ip-addr parameter to allow changing the host-side IP address.
> 
> 
> I'd personally prefer something like this:
> 
> --network=model=virtio,hostip=x.x.x.x/mask,guestmac=yy:yy:yy:yy
> 
> Once we can set up ip address for guest, we can use:
> 
> --network=model=virtio,hostip=x.x.x.x/mask,guestmac=yy:yy:yy:yy,guestip=z.z.z.z/mask,guestgw=v.v.v.v
> 


Alternatively, we can use an option group like this:

Network options:
    -n  --network       <virtio>
    -h  --hostip        <x.x.x.x/n>
    -y  --guestip       <x.x.x.x/n>
    -z  --guestmac      <xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx>


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Best Regards,
Asias He