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Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:38:10 -0400
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# HG changeset patch
# User kaf24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
# Node ID 3bb1857981e69bffd23da2388bb8c8c684acda31
# Parent  c7689e1e0768196405ba1fff9ea4df70101ce224
Really randomise MAC addresses for multi-VIF guests.
Reseeding on every VIF doesn;t work as timeofday doesn't
change quickly enough.

Signed-off-by: Jim Dykman <dykman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r c7689e1e0768 -r 3bb1857981e6 tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py     Tue Aug 16 18:12:19 2005
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py     Tue Aug 16 19:38:22 2005
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
 
     @return: MAC address string
     """
-    random.seed()
     mac = [ 0xaa, 0x00, 0x00,
             random.randint(0x00, 0x7f),
             random.randint(0x00, 0xff),
@@ -689,6 +688,7 @@
     del xc
 
 def main(argv):
+    random.seed()
     opts = gopts
     args = opts.parse(argv)
     if opts.vals.help:

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