Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] add mac address collision checking for device_add & pci_add

[Paolo Bonzini]

Il 12/11/2012 12:18, Daniel P. Berrange ha scritto:
>> > QEMU doesn't check if there are mac collisions when adding nics.
>> > It causes mac address collisions in guest if adding the nics which
>> > include existing physical address.
>> > This patch fixes the issue.
> I understand the issue, but are there not use cases where it is
> reasonable to have multiple NICs with the same MAC address ? To
> me this kind of policy enforcement belongs at a higher level in
> the mgmt stack.

I agree.

Paolo