[libvirt] [PATCH 0/2] Using client-id for DHCPv6 host identification
Gene Czarcinski
gene at czarc.net
Fri Feb 15 19:14:35 UTC 2013
On 02/15/2013 02:12 PM, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
> On 02/15/2013 02:02 PM, Gene Czarcinski wrote:
>> The first patch is a trivial fix to the network schema
>> since the name in dhcp-host is really optional.
>>
>> The second patch adds the capability to use the client id
>> to improve the reliability of having a system use a fixed
>> IPv6 address.
>>
>> Gene Czarcinski (2):
>> Trivial fix: in dhcp-host the name is optional
>> use client id for IPv6 DHCP host definition
>>
>> docs/formatnetwork.html.in | 18 ++++++-
>> docs/schemas/basictypes.rng | 59
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> docs/schemas/network.rng | 7 ++-
>> src/conf/network_conf.c | 29 +++++++++--
>> src/conf/network_conf.h | 1 +
>> src/network/bridge_driver.c | 3 +-
>> src/util/virdnsmasq.c | 20 ++++++--
>> src/util/virdnsmasq.h | 1 +
>> tests/networkxml2confdata/dhcp6-nat-network.xml | 5 +-
>> tests/networkxml2confdata/dhcp6-network.xml | 5 +-
>> .../dhcp6host-routed-network.xml | 5 +-
>> 11 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
> When I originally submitted the patches for DHCPv6 I thought that
> using the host name for specifying hosts with fixed IPv6 addresses
> would work. Lots of testing proved that to be a foolish assumption.
> The only thing that works is to specify the ID (Client ID). This has
> been testing with DUID-LLT, DUID-LL, and DUID-UUID.
>
> One of the most difficult parts in this was getting the patterns in
> the schemas correct for the various types of DUID. I think I have
> tested them sufficiently but ??? One of the more difficult things was
> to handle bytes where the leading zero is suppressed.
One other little thing. These patches with built on v1.0.2. I have
rebased to the current top level with no problems (at least when I tried).
Gene
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