bhyve: Document that MAC address has to be unicast
bhyve accepts any MAC address even foreign as long it is a unicast one. Reviewed by: ziaee MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54372
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 23, 2025
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.Dd December 26, 2025
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.Dt BHYVE 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ If
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is not specified, the MAC address is derived from a fixed OUI, and the
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remaining bytes from an MD5 hash of the slot and function numbers and
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the device name.
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If specified, it must be a unicast MAC address.
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.Pp
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The MAC address is an ASCII string in
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.Xr ethers 5
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@@ -517,8 +517,10 @@ Intel e82545 network interfaces support the following variables:
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.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description
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.It Va mac Ta MAC address Ta generated Ta
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MAC address.
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If an explicit address is not provided,
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a MAC address is generated from a hash of the device's PCI address.
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If not specified, the MAC address is derived from a fixed OUI, and the
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remaining bytes from an MD5 hash of the slot and function numbers and
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the device name.
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If specified, it must be a unicast MAC address.
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.El
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.Ss Frame Buffer Settings
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.Bl -column "password" "[IP:]port" "127.0.0.1:5900"
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@@ -746,8 +748,10 @@ VirtIO network interfaces support the following variables:
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.It Sy Name Ta Sy Format Ta Sy Default Ta Sy Description
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.It Va mac Ta MAC address Ta generated Ta
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MAC address.
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If an explicit address is not provided,
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a MAC address is generated from a hash of the device's PCI address.
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If not specified, the MAC address is derived from a fixed OUI, and the
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remaining bytes from an MD5 hash of the slot and function numbers and
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the device name.
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If specified, it must be a unicast MAC address.
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.It Va mtu Ta integer Ta 1500 Ta
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The largest supported MTU advertised to the guest.
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.El
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