Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:35:09 -0800 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_gbe: Use a randomly generated MAC instead of failing probe |
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On 1/16/2012 8:20 AM, David Laight wrote: > >> the tricky thing with embedded hw like this is that all devices might >> end up with the same, read-only filesystem, so storing the >> mac on the FS >> and then loading it from there into the HW is... suboptimal. >> >> Would be very nice if busybox had a command that would check the mac >> from each IF, and created the random mac from userspace >> automatically... > > Since multiple interfaces on a single system are unlikely > to be connected to the same LAN segment, it doesn't really > matter if they use same MAC address.
I think you missed the point. All embedded devices have the same fs, so if you have 2 boxes of the same model/brand on the same network, they'd have the same MAC. That's generally frowned upon by network administrators ;-)
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