The function get_interface_name is used to get the interface name of linux
guest through the macaddress of specified macaddress.
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <ak...@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/client/tests/kvm/kvm_net_utils.py
b/client/tests/kvm/kvm_net_utils.py
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+++ b/client/tests/kvm/kvm_net_utils.py
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+import re
+
+def get_linux_ifname(session, mac_address):
+ """
+ Get the interface name through the mac address.
+
+ @param session: session to the virtual machine
+ @mac_address: the macaddress of nic
+ """
+
+ output = session.get_command_output("ifconfig -a")
+
+ try:
+ ethname = re.findall("(\w+)\s+Link.*%s" % mac_address, output,
+ re.IGNORECASE)[0]
+ return ethname
+ except:
+ return None
