>>>> The bridge physical address is the minimum of all the attached devices. >>>> This is done because the STP standard requires it. You can reset it >>>> to be the same as any of the attached devices. This will not cause a >>>> problem unless using STP. >>> You can in fact use any MAC address. The STP standard recommends using >>> the minimum address, as that is deterministic, and so it doesn't depend >>> on the order in which you enslave subdevices. >> So should restriction be lifted? > > We should definitely allow users to override the MAC address of a > bridge interface.
Yes, i would love to have that feature. I'm using a bridge for a Xen host machine. Interfaces of the Xen guests are dynamically added to and removed from the bridge. At the moment, i create and add a tun interface to the bridge, so the bridge has a valid mac address at all.
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