Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:18:39 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200
> On 20.07.2010 13:58, Alex Badea wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 07/20/2010 02:47 PM, Stefan Assmann wrote: >>>> What about devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave devices? >> >> Might I suggest an attribute such as "address_type", which could report >> "permanent", "random", "stolen", or something else in the future? > > In case there's demand for such a multi-purpose attribute I see no > reason to object. More thoughts on this?
I think this is a great idea.
Now it makes sense to use a new 'u8' in struct netdevice or similar to store this, since we'll have more than a boolean here.
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