On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 02:00:24PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > On 8/7/24 1:41 PM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:15:58PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: > > > These options are added to network.conf and virNetworkDriverConfig object: > > > > > > autoaddr_start - start of the range of subnets to search (def: "192.168.122.0") > > > autoaddr_end - end of the range of subnets (def: "192.168.255.0") > > > autoaddr_prefix - prefix of these subnets (def: 24) > > > > So I guess $prefix here is telling us that we need to iterate over > > the octet at the end of $prefix. ie the 3rd digit in these examples. > > The code isn't really thinking of it as octets at all, just 32 bits, and the > prefix is telling how many of those bits are the network part of the > address; it just increments the network part by 1 each time (by shifting > right $prefix-32 bits, incrementing by 1, then shifting left $prefix-32 > bits). Ok, I guess that makes sense. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
