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Subject: Re: [Bridge] Prevent MAC address from changing
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To: Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:51:14 +0100
"Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar@proxmox.com> wrote:

> > latest kernels have a way to set mac address. After setting mac
> address
> > of bridge device, then address won't change.
> 
> AFAIK the bridge code always uses the lowest MAC address, so setting the
> MAC address
> does not help. As soon as you add a port with a lower MAC the address 
> changes. Or did that behavior change recently?
> 
> - Dietmar
> 

If you manually configure an MAC address, it sticks as of 2.6.27