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

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 22:17:48 +0800
"HuangLiming" <hlm3280 at qq.com> wrote:

> Dear Concerns,
> 
> 
> I found that the driver contains public IP(169.254.10.240), which leads to my binary 
> 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?
> 
> 
> >>[root at localhost dpdk-19.11]# grep "169.254.10.240" -r  ./
> >>./drivers/net/ark/ark_pktgen.c:	{{"dst_ip"}, OTSTRING, .v.STR = "169.254.10.240"},
> >>./drivers/net/ark/ark_pktchkr.c:	{{"dst_ip"}, OTSTRING, .v.STR = "169.254.10.240"}
> 
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Peanut_Huang

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