linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] net: dsa: remove .set

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:44:03 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:     Rodney Cummings <rodney.cummings@...com>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel@...oirfairelinux.com" <kernel@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] net: dsa: remove .set_addr

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 04:30:34PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Andrew Lunn
> > Sent: 16 October 2017 17:10
> ...
> > So, received Pause frames never leave the MAC. They don't get bridged,
> > nor do they get passed up for host processing. They are purely point
> > to point between two MAC peers. The destination is unambiguous. It is
> > simple the other MAC peer. The destination address makes it clear it
> > is a pause frame, the the source address seems to be unneeded.
> > 
> > In this context, a random MAC addresses are safe.
> 
> Is there any reason why a fixed value (say 00:00:00:00:00:00)
> can't be used?

I was going to suggest 42:42:42:42:42:42 :-)

  Andrew