Re: Forced lladdr change with bridge - or not?

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On Monday 2010-08-23 10:21, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> On Sunday 2010-08-22 22:53, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> I don't understand your question,
>>> Me neither : according to your output, the MAC address of neither port
>>> has changed.
>> 
>> Well.. rerun `ip a` before enslaving tap to br and you see.
>
>Sorry to insist heavily, but I still don't get your point.
>
>> Is this behavior normal that the lladdrs of all but the first brport
>> remain unchanged? If so, what is the purpose of changing the lladdr on the
>> first brport?
>
>from which I understand that tap1's MAC address changed when it was
>added to the bridge.

Yes, because br0 apparently had a lower lladdr than tap1.
Let it rest now.
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