From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>, "Oliver Neukum" <oneukum@suse.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
USB list <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: question on random MAC in usbnet
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:32:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0cd7abe-581e-460a-a36b-7665749417a2@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zfzeexy8.fsf@miraculix.mork.no>
On 16.11.23 12:31, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> writes:
> A host using more than one usbnet device was also unlikely 20 years
> ago. So host unique was good enough in any case.
>
> These factors have change a lot since then, obviously.
Yes.
> I could be wrong, but I don't expect anything to break if we did that.
> The current static address comes from eth_random_addr() in any case, so
> the end result as seen from the mini drivers should be identical. The
> difference will be seen in userspace and surrounding equipment, And
> those should be for the better.
In theory somebody might have a setup with multiple devices on the same
bus and using them getting the same MAC for seamless fallover.
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-16 12:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-16 10:14 question on random MAC in usbnet Oliver Neukum
2023-11-16 11:31 ` Bjørn Mork
2023-11-16 12:32 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2023-11-19 11:09 ` David Laight
2023-11-19 16:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-20 11:06 ` Oliver Neukum
2023-11-20 16:48 ` Dan Williams
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