Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants | From | mike_phillips@urscorp ... | Date | Wed, 16 May 2001 09:11:54 -0400 |
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> The same situation appears when using bonding.o. For several years, > Don Becker's (and derived) network drivers support changing MAC address > when the interface is down. So Al's /dev/eth/<n>/MAC has different values > depending on whether bonding is active or not. Should /dev/eth/<n>/MAC > always have the original value (to be able to uniquely identify this card) > or the in-use value (used by ARP, I believe) ? Or maybe have a > /dev/eth/<n>/MAC_in_use ?
Token ring has the same problem as well, most token ring adapters support setting a LAA.
Some solution would be useful though. Original mac sounds do-able.
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