Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address

From: Stefan Assmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200

On 20.07.2010 13:58, Alex Badea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 07/20/2010 02:47 PM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
>>> What about devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave devices?
> 
> Might I suggest an attribute such as "address_type", which could report
> "permanent", "random", "stolen", or something else in the future?

In case there's demand for such a multi-purpose attribute I see no
reason to object. More thoughts on this?

Thanks for your suggestion Alex.

  Stefan
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