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

[Felipe Alfaro Solana <lkml@xxxxxxx>]

On 17 Jan 2005, at 14:41, Keir Fraser wrote:

> > 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.
> > Thanks.
> I've fixed the netfront driver to send an unsolicited ARP reply
> whenever an IP address gets brought up on it. This fix is in the
> -testing and -unstable trees, and will end up in the forthcoming 2.0.4
> stable release.
>
> Perhaps someone could build the repository, return to using random MAC
> addresses, and confirm that the problem has gone away?
I will be away for 8 hours, but will test those changes ASAP...
Thanks!



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