Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address

2014-02-18 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 10:29 +, David Vrabel wrote: >> On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" >> > >> > The purpose of using a static MAC address of FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF >> > was to prevent our backend inte

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address

2014-02-18 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2014-02-17 at 10:29 +, David Vrabel wrote: > On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > > > The purpose of using a static MAC address of FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF > > was to prevent our backend interfaces from being used by the > > bridge and nominating our

Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address

2014-02-17 Thread David Vrabel
On 15/02/14 02:59, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > The purpose of using a static MAC address of FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF > was to prevent our backend interfaces from being used by the > bridge and nominating our interface as a root bridge. This was > possible given that the brid

[RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address

2014-02-14 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" The purpose of using a static MAC address of FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF was to prevent our backend interfaces from being used by the bridge and nominating our interface as a root bridge. This was possible given that the bridge code will use the lowest MAC address for a port once