Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:09:58 +0200 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <pmh@hausen.com> To: Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> Cc: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting a stable MAC address for a RPI CM3+ with ue0 interface Message-ID: <4BC49AD6-10DA-407C-B239-5F637CEA094C@hausen.com> In-Reply-To: <84C20AD4-1F37-414E-8808-60A2C9B621D9@karels.net> References: <3C1032FF-B914-4863-8A03-759A8B4BE216@hausen.com> <77E70D30-8E7D-42DC-A041-3A783E1C6908@yahoo.com> <5205C76E-BAB4-4AB7-8A03-1E8A2D4353BB@hausen.com> <B50A4409-84C0-405D-8099-43692243AE52@hausen.com> <84C20AD4-1F37-414E-8808-60A2C9B621D9@karels.net>
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Hi Mike, > Am 20.09.2023 um 22:02 schrieb Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>: > There is a routine called ether_gen_addr(), which will generate an > Ethernet MAC based on the hostid and the interface name, both of which > are reasonably stable. Not very many drivers use it though. It > would probably be an improvement. That reads like it's an appropriate "FreeBSD way" to tackle this. >> Or am I misreading that? I though that the Pi was *the* aarch64 platform, >> at least in numbers ... > > In numbers, probably. In support, no. Puzzled - which platform is? Kind regards, Patrick
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