[ovs-dev] [PATCH] vswitch: Consistently set Nicira OUI.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Feb 2 00:12:54 UTC 2010


On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:30:24PM -0500, Jesse Gross wrote:
> In places where a random Ethernet address needs to be generated we
> are inconsistent about setting an OUI.  This sets an OUI everywhere
> to allow the source of packets to be easily identified.

I have mixed feelings about this.  Yes, it makes it easier to identify
packets coming from Open vSwitch, but I'm not sure that that is too
useful (has anyone on the list ever had a need for it?) and it kind of
gives up control over Nicira's OUI.

Also, there are only 22 bits of randomness instead of 46 if we fix all
those bits.

The dpid is a little different, since it isn't used as a source MAC
anywhere as far as I know.




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