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Subject: [dpdk-dev] Unable to change source MAC address of packet
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Hi,

I am crafting a packet in which the source MAC address as set in the =
Ethernet header is different than the transmit port=E2=80=99s default =
MAC address. A packet capture of the packets coming out of this port =
however comes with source MAC address of the port=E2=80=99s default MAC =
address.

Altering the destination MAC address works fine and shows up correctly =
in packet capture.

The underlying network interface is an i210 and some logs added to the =
eth_igb_xmit_pkts function show that the packets I have crafted indeed =
are reaching the driver with the source MAC address set in the packet =
code of the application.

How can I disable this automatic source MAC address setting?

Thanks,
Padam=