Here is a patch that sets the hostname in the DHCP response generated by qemu's user-net DHCP server, and adds a new -hostname command line option to specify the value.
If the guest OS is configured properly, the value received in the DHCP response is automatically used to set the machine's hostname. (In Red Hat/Fedora Linuxes, this happens if HOSTNAME is not hardcoded in /etc/sysconfig/network.) Feedback welcome. --Ed
diff -BurN qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/bootp.c qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/bootp.c --- qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/bootp.c 2005-06-05 17:11:42.000000000 +0000 +++ qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/bootp.c 2006-03-10 07:11:19.000000000 +0000 @@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ val = htonl(LEASE_TIME); memcpy(q, &val, 4); q += 4; + + if (slirp_hostname && *slirp_hostname) { + val = strlen(slirp_hostname); + if (val > 32) + val = 32; + *q++ = RFC1533_HOSTNAME; + *q++ = val; + memcpy(q, slirp_hostname, val); + q += val; + } } *q++ = RFC1533_END; diff -BurN qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/libslirp.h qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/libslirp.h --- qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/libslirp.h 2005-06-05 17:11:42.000000000 +0000 +++ qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/libslirp.h 2006-03-10 06:47:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ int guest_port); extern const char *tftp_prefix; +extern const char *slirp_hostname; #ifdef __cplusplus } diff -BurN qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/slirp.c qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/slirp.c --- qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/slirp/slirp.c 2005-09-03 10:45:09.000000000 +0000 +++ qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/slirp/slirp.c 2006-03-10 06:46:28.000000000 +0000 @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ /* XXX: suppress those select globals */ fd_set *global_readfds, *global_writefds, *global_xfds; +const char *slirp_hostname = NULL; + #ifdef _WIN32 static int get_dns_addr(struct in_addr *pdns_addr) diff -BurN qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/vl.c qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/vl.c --- qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23.orig/vl.c 2006-02-20 00:33:36.000000000 +0000 +++ qemu-snapshot-2006-03-06_23/vl.c 2006-03-10 06:45:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -4183,6 +4183,7 @@ #endif "-redir [tcp|udp]:host-port:[guest-host]:guest-port\n" " redirect TCP or UDP connections from host to guest [-net user]\n" + "-hostname name set hostname in DHCP responses\n" #endif "\n" "Linux boot specific:\n" @@ -4267,6 +4268,7 @@ QEMU_OPTION_tftp, QEMU_OPTION_smb, QEMU_OPTION_redir, + QEMU_OPTION_hostname, QEMU_OPTION_kernel, QEMU_OPTION_append, @@ -4332,6 +4334,7 @@ { "smb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smb }, #endif { "redir", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_redir }, + { "hostname", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_hostname }, #endif { "kernel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_kernel }, @@ -4785,6 +4788,9 @@ case QEMU_OPTION_redir: net_slirp_redir(optarg); break; + case QEMU_OPTION_hostname: + slirp_hostname = optarg; + break; #endif #ifdef HAS_AUDIO case QEMU_OPTION_audio_help:
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