From: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
To: Albert Krenz <albert.krenz87@googlemail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How does the linux kernel select the MAC address for TAP devices?
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:25:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53A01799.5060304@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPRaSD6_TUBLNJu3GC84FwWmPOqLnhgmoq61mZX03dJFM8cyrw@mail.gmail.com>
On 06/16/2014 10:00 AM, Albert Krenz wrote:
> As stated in the email subject: Where does the kernel get the used
> MAC-Adress for a newly create TAP device? Are they randomly generated
> or does it select one from a fixed pool of reserved MAC-Adresses?
>
> I have not found any official documentation about the selection of
> MAC-addresses for TAP-devices. Most sites like
> http://backreference.org/2010/03/26/tuntap-interface-tutorial/ state
> that the MAC addresses are auto-generated and can be changed. But they
> do not explain the generation rules.
>
> Does anyone know an official document (preferably from kernel.org)
> explaining the MAC selection process? Or is it only explained in the
> Source?
See: drivers/net/tun.c +936
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-16 8:00 How does the linux kernel select the MAC address for TAP devices? Albert Krenz
2014-06-16 13:39 ` Vlad Yasevich
2014-06-17 10:25 ` Daniel Borkmann [this message]
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