On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 11:47:33AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
Fixes: 90e83d50a9bd ("Don't take
"our" MAC address from the host")
Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio(a)redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
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
--
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