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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH] conf, passt.1: Update --mac-addr default in usage() and man page
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:47:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241125104733.160308-1-sbrivio@redhat.com> (raw)

Fixes: 90e83d50a9bd ("Don't take "our" MAC address from the host")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
---
 conf.c  | 2 +-
 passt.1 | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 551c2b0..3a84669 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name, FILE *f, int status)
 		"  -n, --netmask MASK	Assign IPv4 MASK, dot-decimal or bits\n"
 		"    default: netmask from matching address on the host\n"
 		"  -M, --mac-addr ADDR	Use source MAC address ADDR\n"
-		"    default: MAC address from interface with default route\n"
+		"    default: 9a:55:9a:55:9a:55 (locally administered)\n"
 		"  -g, --gateway ADDR	Pass IPv4 or IPv6 address as gateway\n"
 		"    default: gateway from interface with default route\n"
 		"  -i, --interface NAME	Interface for addresses and routes\n"
diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index 8d1d860..15c8338 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ according to the CIDR block of the assigned address (RFC 4632).
 .BR \-M ", " \-\-mac-addr " " \fIaddr
 Use source MAC address \fIaddr\fR when communicating to the guest or to the
 target namespace.
-Default is to use the MAC address of the interface with the first IPv4 default
-route on the host.
+Default is the locally administered MAC addresses 9a:55:9a:55:9a:55.
 
 .TP
 .BR \-g ", " \-\-gateway " " \fIaddr
-- 
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ according to the CIDR block of the assigned address (RFC 4632).
 .BR \-M ", " \-\-mac-addr " " \fIaddr
 Use source MAC address \fIaddr\fR when communicating to the guest or to the
 target namespace.
-Default is to use the MAC address of the interface with the first IPv4 default
-route on the host.
+Default is the locally administered MAC addresses 9a:55:9a:55:9a:55.
 
 .TP
 .BR \-g ", " \-\-gateway " " \fIaddr
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2024-11-25 10:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-25 10:47 Stefano Brivio [this message]
2024-11-26  0:41 ` [PATCH] conf, passt.1: Update --mac-addr default in usage() and man page David Gibson

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