netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Generate random IID for addresses on RAWIP devices

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Date:   Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:15:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     subashab@...eaurora.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Generate random IID for addresses
 on RAWIP devices

From: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
Date: Sun,  3 Jun 2018 15:54:34 -0600

> RAWIP devices such as rmnet do not have a hardware address and
> instead require the kernel to generate a random IID for the
> temporary addresses. For permanent addresses, the device IID is
> used along with prefix received.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>

Please address yoshfuji's feedback, thank you.