[pve-devel] ifupdown2 "bridge_set_static_mac_from_port" policy

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 13.07.21 07:16, alexandre derumier wrote:
> Hi, 
> it seem that it's possible to enable some policy on bridge in ifupdown2
> 
> 
> cumulus linux distro for example, have this policy
> 
> $ cat /var/lib/ifupdown2/policy.d/bridge.json
> {
> "bridge": {
> "module_globals": {
> "warn_on_untagged_bridge_absence": "yes",
> "vxlan_bridge_default_igmp_snooping": "off",
> "allow_arp_nd_suppress_only_on_vxlan": "yes",
> "bridge_set_static_mac_from_port": "yes"
> },
> "defaults": {
> "bridge-stp": "on",
> "bridge-vlan-stats" : "on",
> "bridge-mcstats" : "on",
> "bridge-portprios": "8",
> "bridge-hashel": "4096",
> "bridge-hashmax": "4096",
> "bridge-ageing": "1800"
> }
> }
> }
> 
> 
> bridge_set_static_mac_from_port could be usefull to reuse physical
> interface mac on bridge.
> 

sounds good in theory, but to which port? As with more than one it's important
to be deterministic - that's why we had that kernel patch in the first place.