Set a stable & high MAC addr for guest TAP devices on host
A Linux software bridge will assume the MAC address of the enslaved
interface with the numerically lowest MAC addr. When the bridge
changes MAC address there is a period of network blackout, so a
change should be avoided. The kernel gives TAP devices a completely
random MAC address. Occassionally the random TAP device MAC is lower
than that of the physical interface (eth0, eth1etc) that is enslaved,
causing the bridge to change its MAC.
This change sets an explicit MAC address for all TAP devices created
using the configured MAC from the XML, but with the high byte set
to 0xFE. This should ensure TAP device MACs are higher than any
physical interface MAC.
* src/qemu/qemu_conf.c, src/uml/uml_conf.c: Pass in a MAC addr
for the TAP device with high byte set to 0xFE
* src/util/bridge.c, src/util/bridge.h: Set a MAC when creating
the TAP device to override random MAC