[libvirt-users] Managing eths in vm from HV

[john fisher]

Thanks Eric. thats very helpful.



On 12/07/2012 03:51 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>
> Yes.  virsh define (but not start) so that libvirt will create the
> randomized MAC, then use libguestfs-tools to modify files residing in
> the guest image, and then finally boot the guest.
>
>> Better yet, is there a way to simply control the assigning of the eths in the generic xml file used to create the VM?
> Libvirt passes the devices to the qemu command line in the same order
> that they appear in the XML.  It is not libvirt's fault if qemu then
> takes the command line arguments and presents it to the guest in such a
> way that the guest can initialize the devices in the order in which a
> bus scan finds them, rather than in the order they were presented on the
> command line.

oh yeah theres that. I see.


-- 
John Fisher

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