> BTW, I suggested earlier but maybe I wasn't clear. > > Instead of adding networking configuration to the bridge's port, just > leave it alone with a name that doesn't bother you. > > Then create an internal port with the name and the networking > configuration you need. It won't change its MAC and neither lose > the routes. They both will be tap devices anyways.
Issue with assigning IP and routes to a tap port is that this tap port gets a random mac address which cannot be guaranteed to be unique across multiple nodes. I think that is the reason why bridge is assigned same mac address of a physical port (when port is added to a bridge) since physical ports will have unique mac address. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss