From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sven_K=F6hler?= Subject: Re: Bridge & it's MAC address question Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:30:12 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200610301527.15018.dim@openvz.org> <20061030072837.51177183@localhost.localdomain> <20061215131908.GC11579@xi.wantstofly.org> <20061215075236.321e6a07@localhost.localdomain> <20061215160429.GC12679@xi.wantstofly.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0495348450==" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: bridge@osdl.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20061215160429.GC12679@xi.wantstofly.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: bridge-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --===============0495348450== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig1061B7BCFA9BE5D055CB8C32" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig1061B7BCFA9BE5D055CB8C32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>> The bridge physical address is the minimum of all the attached devic= es. >>>> 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 usi= ng >>> the minimum address, as that is deterministic, and so it doesn't depe= nd >>> on the order in which you enslave subdevices. >> So should restriction be lifted? >=20 > 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. --------------enig1061B7BCFA9BE5D055CB8C32 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGGoY07Ww7FjRBE4ARAhMiAJsGB9iky4m+w2mKJbSVlePBjkJUuwCfb85u m0xiaTudL9NmPtJ7qfbF3rI= =J6Zj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig1061B7BCFA9BE5D055CB8C32-- --===============0495348450== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge --===============0495348450==--