From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: on the topic of alternate MAC addresses
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:30:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <471EAE5D.3050808@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <471EAD01.5030502@garzik.org>
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> hmmmm. Using ethtool isn't a big deal, but IMO you probably want more
> than just an exported list for the usage you described... it sounds
> like some sort of reservation system should be used, to note which MAC
> addresses are [not] in use?
>
> Then a virt client -- or anyone who wants multiple unicast addresses for
> whatever reason -- can let other clients to avoid MAC addresses 1, 7, or
> 13 (random examples).
er, "can let other clients know to"....
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-24 2:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-24 1:05 on the topic of alternate MAC addresses David Miller
2007-10-24 2:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-24 2:30 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-10-24 3:22 ` David Miller
2007-10-24 9:28 ` Johannes Berg
2007-10-25 16:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2007-10-25 17:14 ` Rick Jones
2007-10-25 17:36 ` Eric W. Biederman
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