Re: [dpdk-users] Questions about public IP included in DPDK driver code

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 22:17:48 +0800
"HuangLiming" <hlm3...@qq.com> wrote:

> Dear Concerns,
> 
> 
> I found that the driver contains public IP(169.254.10.240), which leads to my 
> binary&nbsp;
> with public IP too, which is not what I want.
> What is the function of this IP, and could the community delete it for 
> security reasons?
> 
> 
> &gt;&gt;[root@localhost dpdk-19.11]# grep "169.254.10.240" -r&nbsp; ./
> &gt;&gt;./drivers/net/ark/ark_pktgen.c:       {{"dst_ip"}, OTSTRING, .v.STR = 
> "169.254.10.240"},
> &gt;&gt;./drivers/net/ark/ark_pktchkr.c:      {{"dst_ip"}, OTSTRING, .v.STR = 
> "169.254.10.240"}
> 
> 
> Thanks &amp; Regards,
> Peanut_Huang

Bigger question is why does this driver have its own packet generator embedded
inside it?