[ovs-dev] OvS-DPDK change interface MAC

[Ravi Kerur]

Hello OvS-DPDK team,

Is there a way to change interface mac address for DPDK interfaces?
Interfaces are part of LACP bond.

I tried following commands and they don't seem to work.

ovs-vsctl set interface <dpdk-intf-name>
other-config:hwaddr=\"00:11:11:11:11:01\"
ovs-vsctl set interface <dpdk-intf-name> mac=\"00:00:00:01:01:01\"

No error messages in vswitchd log. Logs shown below


ovs-ofctl dump-ports-desc br-phy
OFPST_PORT_DESC reply (xid=0x2):
 1(dpdk-enp4s0f0): addr:a0:36:9f:5d:af:58
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10GB-FD AUTO_NEG
     speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max
 2(dpdk-ens11f0): addr:90:e2:ba:a0:e6:10
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10GB-FD AUTO_NEG
     speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max
 LOCAL(br-phy): addr:a0:36:9f:5d:af:58
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10MB-FD COPPER
     speed: 10 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max

/****Execute command***/
ovs-vsctl set interface dpdk-ens11f0
other-config:hwaddr=\"00:11:11:11:11:01\"

/***Nothing changed***/
ovs-ofctl dump-ports-desc br-phy
OFPST_PORT_DESC reply (xid=0x2):
 1(dpdk-enp4s0f0): addr:a0:36:9f:5d:af:58
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10GB-FD AUTO_NEG
     speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max
 2(dpdk-ens11f0): addr:90:e2:ba:a0:e6:10
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10GB-FD AUTO_NEG
     speed: 10000 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max
 LOCAL(br-phy): addr:a0:36:9f:5d:af:58
     config:     0
     state:      0
     current:    10MB-FD COPPER
     speed: 10 Mbps now, 0 Mbps max

Thanks,
Ravi