Re: [Libvir] [Discussion] 0/4 Implement DHCP host mappings for virtual networks

On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 20:54 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > What this patch allows you to do is to create a table of IP address to > host (defined by its hardware / MAC address) for each virtual network. > Optionally you can also assign a hostname. When a host starts up and > requests an IP address through DHCP, if it is in this table then it > gets the fixed IP address from the table and, optionally, a fixed > hostname. > > Four new API calls are added. Two are required to list the contents > of the mapping table. Two more allow you to add and delete a mapping. > > The mapping table is semi-permanent. It is stored in > /var/lib/libvirt/hosts-<networkname>.conf and survives across libvirtd > restarts. Cool stuff, but why isn't this just an addition to the network's XML definition?