> -----Original Message-----
> From: opendaylight [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 8:26 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [E1000-devel] What's the difference between mac_addr &
> perm_addr?
> 
> HI list
>      In the ixgbevf / vf.c
> 
> 
>      struct ixgbe_mac_info {
>         struct ixgbe_mac_operations ops;
>         u8 addr[6];
>         u8 perm_addr[6];
> 
> 
>         enum ixgbe_mac_type type;
> 
> 
>         s32  mc_filter_type;
> 
> 
>         bool get_link_status;
>         u32  max_tx_queues;
>         u32  max_rx_queues;
>         u32  max_msix_vectors;
> };
> 
> What's the difference between add & perm_addr? Which one is the mac
> addr we can see from ifconfig?
> Thanks a lot.

perm_addr - initial value of the ports MAC address.
addr - current value of the ports MAC addres.

-Don Skidmore <[email protected]>


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