Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] net: dsa: remove .set_addr

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 04:30:34PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Andrew Lunn
> > Sent: 16 October 2017 17:10
> ...
> > So, received Pause frames never leave the MAC. They don't get bridged,
> > nor do they get passed up for host processing. They are purely point
> > to point between two MAC peers. The destination is unambiguous. It is
> > simple the other MAC peer. The destination address makes it clear it
> > is a pause frame, the the source address seems to be unneeded.
> > 
> > In this context, a random MAC addresses are safe.
> 
> Is there any reason why a fixed value (say 00:00:00:00:00:00)
> can't be used?

I was going to suggest 42:42:42:42:42:42 :-)

  Andrew