Re: [Xen-devel] [OSSTEST PATCH v2 16/19] Set mac address in interfaces(5) if force-mac-address is set

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wei Liu writes ("[OSSTEST PATCH v2 16/19] Set mac address in interfaces(5) if 
force-mac-address is set"):
> ff9e0d8cbd generated a udev rule for setting the mac address. But that
> udev rule is not copied into the target so reboot after installation
> will fail.
> 
> We can copy the udev rule to target system so the reboot after
> installation works, but then the generated udev rules will end up in
> initramfs, which means the guest (which uses host's initrd)  will use
> the same rune to set conflicting mac address.
> 
> Put the mac address in interfaces(5). We still need to keep the udev
> rule for the initrd overlay otherwise host installation will fail.
...
> +sed -i 's/\\(iface\\s*$wantphysif\\s*inet.*\\)/\\1\\n    hwaddress 
> $ho->{Ether}/' /target/etc/network/interfaces
> +END

Lovely!

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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