[ovs-discuss] Deleting port on one bridge changes MAC address of unrelated bridge
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Fri May 23 18:30:46 UTC 2014
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 02:25:44PM -0400, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> > What is causing the MAC address to change? How can I get it to stick?
>
> The answer here appears to be "don't set OVS bridge MAC addresses
> using your normal system tools". While this fails as described...
>
> 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.
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