Re: question on random MAC in usbnet

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On 19.11.23 12:09, David Laight wrote:

It might cause grief when a USB device 'bounces' [1].
At the moment it will pick up the same 'random' MAC address.
But afterwards it will change.

So you might want to save the MAC on device removal and
re-use it on the next insert.

That means that the MAC a device would get depends on the
sequence of plugs and unplugs. That seems ... interesting.

	Regards
		Oliver





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