Fix to mac address and using explicit chroot (a needed on beowulf)

diff --git a/control b/control
index f5831a267f8842a3d1090dece847d4d2501648c4..c2901f17570ac8e1615335fb96033b04c7c0e0f2 100755 (executable)
--- a/control
+++ b/control
@@ -47,17 +47,11 @@ BRIDGES="$BRIDGES"
 EOF
 }
 
-# map a string into a hexadecimal number with 10-digits by folding the given string into 9-digit ascii-code numbers and adding them
-hexfoldsum() {
-    local V
-    V="$(b2sum -l 40 <<< "$1" | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g')"
-    echo "02:${V:0:14}"
-}
-
-# Generate a mac address for given interface by passing hostname,
-# subhost name and interface through 40-bit b2sum and with 02: prefix.
+# Generate a mac address for given arguments pass through 40-bit b2sum
+# and with 02: prefix.
 macaddr() {
-    local V="$(b2sum -l 40 <<< "$(hostname)$NAME$1" | sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g')"
+    local V="$(b2sum -l 40 <<< "$*" )"
+    V="$( sed 's/\(..\)/\1:/g' <<< "${V}aaaaaaaaaa")"
     echo "02:${V:0:14}"
 }
 
@@ -66,9 +60,12 @@ setup_network() {
     E=0
     ip netns add $NSNAME
     for BRIDGE in ${BRIDGES[@]} ; do
-       brctl show $BRIDGE >& /dev/null || brctl addbr $BRIDGE
        IF=$NAME$E
-       MAC=$(macaddr $IF)
+       B=( ${BRIDGE/:/ } )
+       BRIDGE="${B[0]}"
+       MAC="${B[1]}"
+       [ -z "$MAC" ] && MAC="$(macaddr "$(hostname)" "$NAME" "$IF")"
+       brctl show $BRIDGE >& /dev/null || brctl addbr $BRIDGE
        ip link add $IF type veth peer name eth$E address $MAC netns $NSNAME 
        ip link set $IF up
        [ -n "$BRIDGE" ] && brctl addif $BRIDGE $IF