> Broadcast packets are marked as such by the guest (the device > drivers). > [...] > Well... not every adapter... The adapter has to be > initialized and enabled > for receipt of inbound broadcast... but I believe the drivers > for the QDIO > adapter will enable broadcast by default.
Good. Do we need new versions of the drivers to enable support for the new device definitions? If I remember correctly from studying the CP source for QDIO support in 2.4, there was a capabilities mask that had a bunch of undefined bits for new goodies, and it sounds like this would be one that would need a bit. > >From David Boyes: > >Another thought on the subject of DHCP. Are/do the new VNICs have a > >unique MAC address so as to allow them to use DHCP and still get a > >fixed configuration. This would be a major goodness if it is > possible. > > Each virtual adapter (NIC) is assigned a unique MACADDR value when it > is defined. That value is unique within the z/VM host system > where the NIC > and the LAN are defined. Excellent! I'll have to look at this today...if this works, then cloning just got a whole lot simpler.
