Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] megasas: static SAS addresses

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 08/01/2012 11:23 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 01/08/2012 11:19, Hannes Reinecke ha scritto:
>>>> +#define IEEE_COMPANY_QUMRANET      0x001A4AULL
>>>> +
>> Something worth of note:
>> To generate a valid SAS address I need an IEEE number.
>>
>> I seem to remember Qumranet donated their PCI id for KVM use.
>> I don't actually know if that donation extends to the IEEE number,
>> too. If not then obviously I would need to use another one here.
> 
> Alternatively, the 52:54:00 local ID could be used.  It's what we use
> for MAC addresses.
> 
Ah. Yes, that'd work as well.

And seeing that we're generating local IDs anyway we should be
using it. I'll be updating the patch.

Cheers,

Hannes
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