From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 09:19:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 09:19:32 -0400 Received: from smtp102.urscorp.com ([38.202.96.105]:7433 "EHLO smtp102.urscorp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 09:19:28 -0400 To: Bogdan Costescu Cc: Andrew Morton , Jonathan Lundell , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.5 September 22, 2000 From: mike_phillips@urscorp.com Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 09:11:54 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on SMTP102/URSCorp(Release 5.0.5 |September 22, 2000) at 05/16/2001 09:14:49 AM, Serialize complete at 05/16/2001 09:14:49 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The same situation appears when using bonding.o. For several years, > Don Becker's (and derived) network drivers support changing MAC address > when the interface is down. So Al's /dev/eth//MAC has different values > depending on whether bonding is active or not. Should /dev/eth//MAC > always have the original value (to be able to uniquely identify this card) > or the in-use value (used by ARP, I believe) ? Or maybe have a > /dev/eth//MAC_in_use ? Token ring has the same problem as well, most token ring adapters support setting a LAA. Some solution would be useful though. Original mac sounds do-able. Mike