netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] etherdevice.h: random_ether

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Date:	Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:44:46 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Mark Smith <lk-netdev@...netdev.nosense.org>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, gregory.v.rose@...el.com,
	donald.c.skidmore@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] etherdevice.h: random_ether_addr update

On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 10:03 +0930, Mark Smith wrote:
> Hmm, probably didn't make my point all that clear. IOW, anything that
> can contribute to avoiding duplicate mac addresses is worth it in my
> opinion, when compared to the time (usually hours) involved in
> troubleshooting duplicate mac addresses.

Avoiding an initial octet of "02", which is partially
assigned to 3Com and others, might be useful.

Not drawing from entropy I think useful, but it's debatable.


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