Re: [PATCH linux-next v3 0/6] vdpa: enable user to set mac, mtu

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 03:05:31PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:

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So I don’t see them as mutually exclusive capability.

Yes, we probably need both.

CVQ for post creation configuration and netlink API for provisioning.

To note when host wants to change post provisioning it will also use
netlink I guess.

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but it's being used all over and Linux has a specific API to
generate random MAC addresses: eth_hw_addr_random().

Yes, but it uses local assignment bit, management may want use others.

Thanks

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