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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_uuid.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/uuid.py11
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_uuid.py b/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
index bfa9f97..bc83de2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_uuid.py
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ class TestUUID(unittest.TestCase):
self.check_node(node, 'ifconfig')
@unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'posix', 'requires Posix')
+ def test_ip_getnode(self):
+ node = uuid._ip_getnode()
+ if node is not None:
+ self.check_node(node, 'ip')
+
+ @unittest.skipUnless(os.name == 'posix', 'requires Posix')
def test_arp_getnode(self):
node = uuid._arp_getnode()
if node is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index 9c2a971..7b0b413 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ def _ifconfig_getnode():
if mac:
return mac
+def _ip_getnode():
+ """Get the hardware address on Unix by running ip."""
+ # This works on Linux with iproute2.
+ mac = _find_mac('ip', 'link list', [b'link/ether'], lambda i: i+1)
+ if mac:
+ return mac
+
def _arp_getnode():
"""Get the hardware address on Unix by running arp."""
import os, socket
@@ -538,8 +545,8 @@ def getnode():
if sys.platform == 'win32':
getters = [_windll_getnode, _netbios_getnode, _ipconfig_getnode]
else:
- getters = [_unixdll_getnode, _ifconfig_getnode, _arp_getnode,
- _lanscan_getnode, _netstat_getnode]
+ getters = [_unixdll_getnode, _ifconfig_getnode, _ip_getnode,
+ _arp_getnode, _lanscan_getnode, _netstat_getnode]
for getter in getters + [_random_getnode]:
try: