On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 02:54:45PM -0400, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:30:46AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > ip link set br-ex addr $MACADDR > > > > Yeah, generally the MAC address of the bridge is derived from the MAC > > addresses of the ports on the bridge. > > Well, that I expect. > > What is surprising is that setting it explicitly with the "ip" command > doesn't "stick". I don't understand the difference between using 'ip > link set' and 'ovs-vsctl set bridge', since they both seem to update > the 'mac_in_use' field for the bridge. > > I've raised a bug against Fedora, since I think the network scripts > should Do the Right Thing for OVS devices, but I also wonder if this > is infact the desired behavior for this devices -- why not permit > standard tools like "ip" or "ifconfig" to persistently modify the > bridge?
How is OVS supposed to tell that you modified it and that the value you gave it should stick? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
