[libvirt] KVM root mac address

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:27:50AM +0200, Paul Reeves wrote:
> 
> A quick question - 
> 
> What is the correct root for dynamically generated KVM mac addresses? The 
> docs (man virt-install) say 54:52:00 and I've seen Ubuntu docs on-line that 
> say 52:54:00.
> 
> Has someone got these mixed up?

THe source code always wins

        macaddr[0] = 0x52;
        macaddr[1] = 0x54;
        macaddr[2] = 0x00;
        macaddr[3] = 0x12;
        macaddr[4] = 0x34;
        macaddr[5] = 0x56 + idx;

So 52:54:00 is the correct prefix

Daniel
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