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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC addre
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Jamie Lokier |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config |
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Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:41:55 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Alex Williamson wrote:
> > What if the guest will chose the host's mac?
> > Thinking about it, I don't think we should test that.
> > A concerned host mgmt app can add ebtables roles for such a case.
> >
> > Maybe we can optionally allow/deny it?
>
> What's the topology you're thinking of that the virtio-net MAC is also
> the host MAC? I typically use a bridge with a tap device, so the
> virtio-net MAC is isolated from the host. Thanks,
For example you might forward IPX packets to the guest and IP/ARP to
the host, using an ebtables rule to distinguish them. From the
outside, it would look equivalent to a single host processing both IPX
and IP.
-- Jamie
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Alex Williamson, 2009/01/13
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Dor Laor, 2009/01/14
- [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Alex Williamson, 2009/01/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Jamie Lokier, 2009/01/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Avi Kivity, 2009/01/15
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Dor Laor, 2009/01/18
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-net: Allow setting the MAC address via set_config, Avi Kivity, 2009/01/18