From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HhSlX-0007XZ-MK for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:53:48 -0700 Received: from [198.99.130.12] (helo=saraswathi.solana.com) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HhSlX-0003dc-5E for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:53:47 -0700 Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:50:24 -0400 From: Jeff Dike Message-ID: <20070427155024.GA8329@c2.user-mode-linux.org> References: <462BACC9.7010303@nagafix.co.uk> <20070425204849.GA9505@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <462FC142.1010907@nagafix.co.uk> <200704261612.40356.blaisorblade@yahoo.it> <20070427151051.GB6019@c2.user-mode-linux.org> <463214E7.5080605@nagafix.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <463214E7.5080605@nagafix.co.uk> Subject: Re: [uml-devel] regression: pcap broken in 2.6.20.x List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Antoine Martin Cc: Blaisorblade , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 04:21:11PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote: > Question remains as to why the mac address was the same until 2.6.20 and > is now different. We started providing randomized MACs at bootup instead of deriving them from the IP when the interface was brought up. The old behavior broke when distros started bringing interfaces up without assigning IPs to them. > Except, pcap doesn't have the option. Hmmm that would be a problem. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel