The following small patch makes dnsmasq run from libvirtd reading /etc/ethers and enables static ip address assignment with it. Libvirtd already supports static ip address assignment by //ip/dhcp/host element in network xml definition file, however the number of the assignments looks limited by ARG_MAX or similar parameters when dnsmasq is exec-ed. This patch implements a workaround for this issue and the number of static ip assignments becomes only limited by dnsmasq (I'm not sure the exact number but it should large enough for most cases, I guess). Signed-off-by: Satoru SATOH <satoru.satoh(a)gmail.com&gt; --- src/network/bridge_driver.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c index 95bc810..725d340 100644 --- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c +++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c @@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ networkBuildDnsmasqArgv(virConnectPtr conn, 1 + /* dnsmasq */ 1 + /* --strict-order */ 1 + /* --bind-interfaces */ + 1 + /* --read-ethers */ (network->def->domain?2:0) + /* --domain name */ 2 + /* --pid-file /var/run/libvirt/network/$NAME.pid */ 2 + /* --conf-file "" */ @@ -427,6 +428,7 @@ networkBuildDnsmasqArgv(virConnectPtr conn, */ APPEND_ARG(*argv, i++, "--strict-order"); APPEND_ARG(*argv, i++, "--bind-interfaces"); + APPEND_ARG(*argv, i++, "--read-ethers"); if (network->def->domain) { APPEND_ARG(*argv, i++, "--domain"); -- 1.6.2.5