Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/pcap: Generate unique MAC addresses for interfaces

2018-09-20 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 9/11/2018 12:36 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 9/10/2018 4:52 PM, Cian Ferriter wrote: >> The MAC addresses are generated in a similar manner as in the TAP PMD, >> where the address is based on the number of PCAP ports created. >> >> This is useful for the purposes of debugging DPDK applications u

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/pcap: Generate unique MAC addresses for interfaces

2018-09-11 Thread Ferruh Yigit
On 9/10/2018 4:52 PM, Cian Ferriter wrote: > The MAC addresses are generated in a similar manner as in the TAP PMD, > where the address is based on the number of PCAP ports created. > > This is useful for the purposes of debugging DPDK applications using > PCAP devices instead of real devices wher

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net/pcap: Generate unique MAC addresses for interfaces

2018-09-10 Thread Cian Ferriter
The MAC addresses are generated in a similar manner as in the TAP PMD, where the address is based on the number of PCAP ports created. This is useful for the purposes of debugging DPDK applications using PCAP devices instead of real devices where multiple devices should still have unique MAC addre