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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 0/3] Use of unique identifier for pairing virtio and passthrough devices...
On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 06:11:53PM -0700, si-wei liu wrote: > What do we buy > for using a random address during initial discovery and requiring VF to > complete the handshake? I don't see advantages to using a random address that is then changed either: changing a MAC causes network downtime for most users. > Less network downtime during datapath switching? > Sorry but that's not a key factor at all for our main goal - live migration. Isn't avoiding downtime what makes the migration "live"? If you don't care about it at all just remove the device and migrate without all these tricks. -- MST
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