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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] net/tap: keep kernel-assigned MAC address
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:13:49 +0000
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On 1/31/2017 9:42 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote:
> There's no point in having a different internal MAC address than the one
> provided by the kernel when creating the netdevice.

Agree that this is not required, but also not a defect, worth learning
author's intention before deciding.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon <pascal.mazon@6wind.com>
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