[ovs-dev] OVS to set Virtual Function MAC address

Stokes, Ian ian.stokes at intel.com
Sun Jun 23 13:06:23 UTC 2019


> Hi,
> 
> I'm working with DPDK representor ports to integrate it with OpenStack and
> I have to assign the MAC for the VF using "ip" command.
> 
> Are there plans to make OVS to set the VFs MAC when we add dpdk
> representor port?

Not that I'm aware of, I would think setting MACs etc. would be an administrator task during deployment carried out by something like IP (as you have done already). Is there a reason why you feel OVS should do this task?

Regards
Ian


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