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-rw-r--r--hw/net/virtio-net.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index 439f823..96a3cc8 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static void virtio_net_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
VirtIONet *n = VIRTIO_NET(vdev);
struct virtio_net_config netcfg;
NetClientState *nc = qemu_get_queue(n->nic);
+ static const MACAddr zero = { .a = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
int ret = 0;
memset(&netcfg, 0 , sizeof(struct virtio_net_config));
@@ -151,6 +152,17 @@ static void virtio_net_get_config(VirtIODevice *vdev, uint8_t *config)
ret = vhost_net_get_config(get_vhost_net(nc->peer), (uint8_t *)&netcfg,
n->config_size);
if (ret != -1) {
+ /*
+ * Some NIC/kernel combinations present 0 as the mac address. As
+ * that is not a legal address, try to proceed with the
+ * address from the QEMU command line in the hope that the
+ * address has been configured correctly elsewhere - just not
+ * reported by the device.
+ */
+ if (memcmp(&netcfg.mac, &zero, sizeof(zero)) == 0) {
+ info_report("Zero hardware mac address detected. Ignoring.");
+ memcpy(netcfg.mac, n->mac, ETH_ALEN);
+ }
memcpy(config, &netcfg, n->config_size);
}
}