NICs devices switches "pshycial" place on each boot (SOLVED)

[Chris H]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:32:04 -0800 "Chris H" <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote

> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 14:41:11 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote
> 
> > On 4 December 2014 at 14:24, Martin Hanson <greencoppermine at yandex.com>
> > wrote: > It is worth mentioning that the ONLY reason why this worked is
> > because > the vendor has provided a serial number. Most vendors don't and
> > it > would not have worked then.
> > >
> > > devd NEEDS to be able to see device MAC addresses!
> > 
> > I'm surprised it doesn't!
> Really? I ran into a situation ~2yrs ago trying to manage
> a dongle based IF, in an effort get it to work with the
> upstream, that required MAC based authentication. It's
> in the list archives, somewhere. :)
> 
> > Would you mind filing a PR so we do expose
> > that particular bit of data?
> I'll be happy to do it, myself, now.
Ahh looks like Martin got the jump on me:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195692

> I'm going to building
> a wireless switch, and will be doing *quite* a bit of work in
> this area. So will likely be making contributions, and would
> like to be kept in the loop. :)
> 
> @Martin, Thank you very much for your diligence, and for
> sharing your experience, and *especially* your solution.
> 
> @Warren; Thanks for your continued dedication!
> 
> --Chris
> 
--Chris
> > 
> > 
> > 
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