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On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:52:36AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

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The bridge physical address is the minimum of all the attached devices.
This is done because the STP standard requires it.  You can reset it
to be the same as any of the attached devices. This will not cause a
problem unless using STP.

You can in fact use any MAC address.  The STP standard recommends using
the minimum address, as that is deterministic, and so it doesn't depend
on the order in which you enslave subdevices.

So should restriction be lifted?

We should definitely allow users to override the MAC address of a
bridge interface.

Please update wiki page FAQ, or I'll do it

Please do.