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* [dpdk-users] Random MAC address when starting testpmd
@ 2017-01-11 12:47 Kevin Wilson
  2017-01-11 16:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Wilson @ 2017-01-11 12:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: users

Hi,
Each time I start testpmd, I see a different MAC address for port 0.
Is there a way to set a fixed MAC address for port 0 when starting
testpmd? The only MAC address
which I saw as configurable in the docs is the peer address.

Kevin

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* Re: [dpdk-users] Random MAC address when starting testpmd
  2017-01-11 12:47 [dpdk-users] Random MAC address when starting testpmd Kevin Wilson
@ 2017-01-11 16:11 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2017-01-11 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kevin Wilson; +Cc: users

On Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:47:22 +0200
Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Each time I start testpmd, I see a different MAC address for port 0.
> Is there a way to set a fixed MAC address for port 0 when starting
> testpmd? The only MAC address
> which I saw as configurable in the docs is the peer address.
> 
> Kevin

The MAC address comes from hardware.  If you have a software not hardware
NIC it probably generates its own random value.

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