From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io0-f170.google.com (mail-io0-f170.google.com [209.85.223.170]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2778293B for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:23:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-io0-f170.google.com with SMTP id m62so36156468iof.0 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 05:23:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=semihalf-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=BDvCdqbotfI2nKjyARg03FKMV5YescrFAZSJziA+ruo=; b=UCLDlvs2JaAHhFUVjf6K7r2jieD6tNvjkLM9VpFdnItq4gGR/fIzzdmaf3wRaWUP1R qXn6zFSIcp4xTsPq0UzU67MjAgFGfb7cVkHtrtxmpL2n+OYrNkdoB9oNVEqjpKwqfOaH sA8MtGECm9SCvYtYCkIn5ilb+GZMwbCyZc1GdqVJaUgU18psGTqEbCw270QnUL97xmzj alBw91fYhMGpLadfIjA5mKIHOtfBb4VVJZu7o/232ZNdbdxPNsZclSA0wgrBOecmuH4/ mzZe5AEGZpLcCof2ZyswBI6725CGQoQF2t/1lACHUZhcM3AnKVwYrFLwis9LOOT4leZF 04wQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=BDvCdqbotfI2nKjyARg03FKMV5YescrFAZSJziA+ruo=; b=Zq+vA7XG8HfnybwZiNU4QdHRLI0h9CU8pyHkz+mmaKihv41oTWqH6OS5yYTXbCkY64 aunsAvqja7taqivMq2hRkFd9kPwvROukkr4HUUwBq55/g619ueRUOB7OMNVzUjel3VPF 91P3ce2ju3RNYuyHqFMTy1wp9+DR5MqXru0x6lLzXrTltNjyEXoPyLYXrbNuiMDkqz7D B1hZa8o0NoA1tKdi27D8LNqphNQrihiKxVvRX4fXIWfzu5eA+F03Jdc08NoHOIgjhDnF mcVOfMlMJEa2tQmYTz+FowD3JNih8+yDIF4GdgRuzLt0TNtVq7eZDGybs03k8jy2SMu9 ebPg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tIpUufUMJ5zU2UCokmvOP3rezAz6IfoONb13sIBdSUZAy1zYgpvEkjspRosiJn/gB2u19SUVRqa9/y93w== X-Received: by 10.107.28.14 with SMTP id c14mr16184363ioc.86.1465474993115; Thu, 09 Jun 2016 05:23:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.1.149 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Jun 2016 05:22:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Andriy Berestovskyy Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:22:53 +0200 Message-ID: To: SAKTHIVEL ANAND S Cc: users Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] KNI app random mac generation X-BeenThere: users@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: usage discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:23:14 -0000 Hi Anand, Basically if KNI kernel module is able to communicate with the NIC (igb, ixgbe), it will use the MAC of the NIC. Otherwise KNI will set a random MAC. I'm not sure about any plans to change such a behavior, but you can use ip(8) or ifconfig(8) to always set the same MAC on system startup. Andriy On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:08 PM, SAKTHIVEL ANAND S wrote: > Hi > > I have recently downloaded 16.04, in this version also i could see KNI > random mac generation behavior. Is there any plan to fix this or it is > purposefully made like that? if i am wrongly understood this random > generation, please explain its purpose. > > -- > Thanks > Sakthivel S OM -- Andriy Berestovskyy