On 3/11/2011 10:14 AM, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 19:09 +0000, Walter Stanish wrote: >>>>> ... I have read up on the OUI documentation and >>>>> looking at the detail on the site LXC could opt for a 32bit OUI which >>>>> would >>>>> cost $600 for one block. The dev guys might want to setup a pledge >>>>> program... >> >>>> I will pay for it. >> >>> I too am willing to pay the whole thing, so, halvsies? Or see how many >>> others want to split even? > >> Sounds good. I guess we can nominate you as the finance go-to on this >> one then :) > >> Let us know details when they emerge. > > Can someone explain to me why we can't simply use a block of addresses > with the 0200 (local administration) bit or'ed in. Out of 48 bits of > addressing, we can use 46 bits of them for anything we want as long as > that bit is set and the 0100 bit (multicast) is clear. By the standard, > those are locally managed and allocated MAC addresses that are not > guaranteed to be globally unique. They don't even need to be unique in > an entire network, only on the local subnet. Use any convention you > want. Stuff the 32 bit IP address of the host in the lower 32 bits and > you've still got 14 bits worth of assignable addressing per host. > That's what that bit is intended for.
That is exactly what I do myself. I'm not sure there is a specific need for a recognizable lxc address space, but exactly the same thing could be said about xen and for some reason they have one. I don't claim it's necessary I just claim three things: 1) It wouldn't hurt. 2) It's cheap enough in both cash and time not to matter, more than enough volunteers have already presented themselves. 3) I don't presume that because I don't perceive a reason, that no reason exists. One scenario I envision off-hand would be that automated vmware tools and xen tools and lxc tools could each provision addresses from their own spaces and guaranteed never step on each others toes. -- bkw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
