From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Assmann Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200 Message-ID: <4C4593DA.9040207@redhat.com> References: <4C457F72.8090708@redhat.com> <1279624844.2110.3.camel@achroite.uk.solarflarecom.com> <4C458CB7.3030508@redhat.com> <4C458F50.4070200@ixiacom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ben Hutchings , netdev , Linux Kernel Mailing List , davem@davemloft.net, Andy Gospodarek , "Rose, Gregory V" , "Duyck, Alexander H" , Casey Leedom , Harald Hoyer To: Alex Badea Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:16803 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758196Ab0GTMRm (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:17:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4C458F50.4070200@ixiacom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- Stefan Assmann | Red Hat GmbH Software Engineer | Otto-Hahn-Strasse 20, 85609 Dornach | HR: Amtsgericht Muenchen HRB 153243 | GF: Brendan Lane, Charlie Peters, sassmann at redhat.com | Michael Cunningham, Charles Cachera