> -----Original Message----- > From: Padam J. Singh [mailto:padam.singh at inventum.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2014 1:06 PM > To: Zhang, Helin > Cc: Alex Markuze; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] KNI hw Address. > > Zhang, Alex, > > Please see the patch I had submitted a few days back which allows setting the > MAC address using > > ifconfig ... hw ether MAC-ADDRESS > > An "ifconfig DEV up" , followed by this sets the MAC address. > > Thanks, > Padam > > On 03-Jul-2014, at 10:26 am, Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com> wrote: > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Alex Markuze > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 11:57 PM > >> To: dev at dpdk.org > >> Subject: [dpdk-dev] KNI hw Address. > >> > >> Hi, I'm playing with KNI on a VM (kvm), the Interface that is created > >> has no MAC address until the IP is set via ifconfig - then a random mac is > created. > >> The VF has a mac address that is easily retrieved with > rte_eth_macaddr_get. > >> > >> What I did not find is a way to create the KNI with that specific mac > >> address enabled. > >> What are the ways to set the KNI mac address? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Alex > > > > Hi Alex > > > > No way without modifying the code. Two ways can be taken into account as > below. > > > > 1. Implement ndo_set_mac in KNI kernel module to set the MAC address. > > 2. Add mac address as one more parameters in user space KNI interface, to > tell the kernel module the mac during kni device creation. > > > > Regards, > > Helin
Hi Padam Great! I think you have implemented the first way I listed. It is good for VM environments. I remember that might be adopted by some projects based on DPDK. Thank you! I will review your patch, and possibly add reviewed-by: to your patch. Regards, Helin
