Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate networkinterfaces with random MAC address

[David Miller]

From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200

> 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?

I think this is a great idea.

Now it makes sense to use a new 'u8' in struct netdevice or similar to
store this, since we'll have more than a boolean here.

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