svn commit: r225380 - head/sys/net
Fabian Keil
freebsd-listen at fabiankeil.de
Sun Sep 18 13:45:06 UTC 2011
Andrew Thompson <thompsa at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Author: thompsa
> Date: Sun Sep 4 22:06:32 2011
> New Revision: 225380
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225380
>
> Log:
> On the first loop for generating a bridge MAC address use the local
> hostid, this gives a good chance of keeping the same address over
> reboots. This is intended to help IPV6 and similar which generate
> their addresses from the mac.
>
> PR: kern/160300
> Submitted by: mdodd
> Approved by: re (kib)
>
> Modified:
> head/sys/net/if_bridge.c
Are there other places where the system advertises the hostid on the
network? I always assumed it to be a somewhat private identifier,
so I'm a bit surprised by this commit.
BTW, the man page still claims that the MAC address is chosen randomly.
Fabian
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