Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:11:04 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet address format changes. Message-ID: <20020405181104.GA2191@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <200204051801.g35I1Xl52628@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200204051801.g35I1Xl52628@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> probably said: > Unfortunately, this has had the side effect of changing the format > from %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%20x to %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x. The new > format is non-standard. I will occassionally see it printed in a > physical label attached to a machine, but I've never seen anything > other then %02x displayed on a computer until now. > Comments? As a datapoint, Solaris ifconfig and sparc OBP will print ethernet addresses without leading 0s. Not that I think freebsd's behaviour should have changed, but it is done elsewhere. P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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