rhel: support persistent mac addresses on OVS bridges

[cascardo/ovs.git] / rhel / etc_sysconfig_network-scripts_ifup-ovs

diff --git a/rhel/etc_sysconfig_network-scripts_ifup-ovs b/rhel/etc_sysconfig_network-scripts_ifup-ovs
index 3ad86ff..ffebb20 100755 (executable)
--- a/rhel/etc_sysconfig_network-scripts_ifup-ovs
+++ b/rhel/etc_sysconfig_network-scripts_ifup-ovs
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ case "$TYPE" in
                        OVSBRIDGECONFIGURED="yes"
                fi
 
+               # If MACADDR is provided in the interface configuration file,
+               # we need to set it using ovs-vsctl; setting it with the "ip"
+               # command in ifup-eth does not make the change persistent.
+               if [ -n "$MACADDR" ]; then
+                       ovs-vsctl -t ${TIMEOUT} -- set bridge "$DEVICE" \
+                               other-config:hwaddr="$MACADDR"
+               fi
+
                # When dhcp is enabled, the assumption is that there will be a port to
                # attach (otherwise, we can't reach out for dhcp). So, we do not
                # configure the bridge through rhel's ifup infrastructure unless