On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 06:13:12PM +0800, taoyunupt wrote:
> Hi,
>     If no configure of "datapath-id" in other_config of br, then it will  
> choose the minimum non-local MAC address among all of the ports in bridge. 
> The relevant code is in the find_local_hw_addr 
> function(https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/blob/master/vswitchd/bridge.c#L2322).
>   
>     
>     In this case, If a new  port with miner mac, it will change the dpid ,and 
> the mac of br-int. It will cause frequently reset with SDN controller by 
> ofproto_set_datapath_id function.
>     Is this reasonable?

This solution is the best one we know.  It yields a predictable port MAC
address and datapath ID given a particular collection of ports.  It's
been that way for perhaps 10 years or so.

I don't know what a miner mac is.

If you want a bridge to have a particular MAC address, it's easy to set
one.
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