netdev - Re: [PATCH 19/25] mlx4: Randomizing mac addresses for slaves

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:07:46 +1100
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	Liran Liss <liranl@...lanox.co.il>,
	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>,
	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.co.il>,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tziporet Koren <tziporet@...lanox.co.il>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/25] mlx4: Randomizing mac addresses for slaves

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 10:08:58PM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> 
>  > > igb uses the full output of random_ether_addr().  I'd be fine with
>  > > that.  However setting the OUI means you only get 24 bits of randomness
>  > > which makes a collision a lot more likely.
>  > 
>  > IIRC that was precisely why the OUI isn't used for the igb driver.
>  > 
>  > Perhaps some infrastructure (by which I mean a random_mac() function)
>  > is warranted so at least this discussion can be concentrated around that
>  > rather than repeating it for each driver that needs random mac addresses.
> 
> What would be the difference between random_mac() and the existing
> random_ether_addr() function?

Sorry, I was mistaken. igb is using random_ether_addr(),
which is what I had in mind.
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