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| author | Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> | 2015-06-08 22:30:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no> | 2015-06-08 22:30:59 +0200 |
| commit | 2e229e0c4c29e8a827be9ffe361741cf5e9aa7af (patch) | |
| tree | 43870ea6a8922a1cf29d474a941c79baacd71e11 /man/systemd.link.xml | |
| parent | ca41b679c675eef0f5dde496aa71099c75a30d6b (diff) | |
man: systemd.link - explain random MAC addresses
Two of the bits in the MAC address are set unconditioanlly, and the rest is randomized,
make this clear in the documentation (as it currently read as if it was all random).
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd.link.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.link.xml | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml index 5db06842bd..723364f4d1 100644 --- a/man/systemd.link.xml +++ b/man/systemd.link.xml @@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ <para>If the kernel is using a random MAC address, nothing is done. Otherwise, a new address is randomly generated each time the device appears, typically at - boot.</para> + boot. Either way the random address will have the + <literal>unicast</literal> and + <literal>locally administered</literal> bits set.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |