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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC patch net-next] ipv4: use bcast as dst address in case
 IFF_NOARP is set
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:27:37 -0800 (PST)
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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Tue,  8 Jan 2013 14:02:42 +0100

> When IFF_NOARP is set on a device, dev->dev_addr is used as *dst*
> addr of sent frames. That does not make sense. Use rather bcast address
> instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>

The address is actually arbitrary in this case, I believe the
current behavior is intentional, and even if it is not intentional
since the address is arbitrary this change carrys only potential
risk for zero gain.