Package: libvirt-bin Version: 0.9.12-3 When viewing the contents of the /etc/libvirt/qemu/*.xml files, the UUID strings should be conformant to RFC 4122, which states that the version bit should be one of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and the variant bit should be one of 8, 9, a, or b. However, I have the following UUIDs for VMs, none of which are valid: http://ae7.st/p/5z7.
According to a discussion I had in #virt on OFTC:
<eblake> right now, libvirt is just using a random-number generator on
every single bit
<eblake> since rfc 4122 has restrictions on certain bits, then there's
obviously a patch waiting to be written
Because the UUIDs are randomly generated, they should be version 4 strings
then. Thus, they should have the format of:
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-4XXX-YXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
where '4' is statically set, and 'Y' should be one of '8', '9', 'a', or
'b'. The /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid random number generator could work as
a source for those running the Linux kernel.
While it may not be technically hurting anything at this point, it should
still conform to the RFCs.
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