Re: [Xen-devel] ARP problems in -testing?

[Adam Sulmicki <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I just tried this on a dedicated server located at thePlanet in Texas; I 
> > think this is an issue that combines the following:
> >   - No MAC address specified causes a random MAC address to be selected at 
> > domain create time
> Well, I can confirm this was the culprit of my problems: Xen was selecting 
> random MAC addresses at startup. I have fixed the problem by manually and 
> statically setting a predefined MAC address in the domain config file:
> vif = [ 'mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX' ]
>
> Now, the MAC address is always the same and thus I don't need the ugly ping 
> hack.
this is good, but if I start multiple domains, like this

        xm create vm4-bproc vmid=1
        xm create vm4-bproc vmid=2
        xm create vm4-bproc vmid=3
        xm create vm4-bproc vmid=4

then I'll end up with 4 copies of the same mac. Is there some way to tie 
mac generation to vmid ?

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