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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to generate random UUID's

from [Ian Jackson]

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To:	Gianni Tedesco <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to generate random UUID's
From:	Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:55:16 +0100
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Gianni Tedesco writes ("RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH]: xl: use libuuid to generate 
random UUID's"):
> On Tue, 2010-08-10 at 16:23 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I think the only way to have stable MAC addresses is to derive them
> > from the VM name, or for the user to explicitly write a MAC address in
> > the config file.
> 
> VM's can have the same name, so either ought to be an "domain image" (or
> something) UUID or just manually specify the mac.

No, simultaneously-running VMs in libxl cannot have the same name.
That this is not currently enforced is a bug.

Ian.

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