netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ipv6: Generate random IID for addresses on RAWIP devices

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Date:   Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:17:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     subashab@...eaurora.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        stranche@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ipv6: Generate random IID for
 addresses on RAWIP devices

From: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>
Date: Mon,  4 Jun 2018 19:26:07 -0600

> RAWIP devices such as rmnet do not have a hardware address and
> instead require the kernel to generate a random IID for the
> IPv6 addresses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Tranchetti <stranche@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>

Applied.