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authorTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2015-06-08 22:30:59 +0200
committerTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2015-06-08 22:30:59 +0200
commit2e229e0c4c29e8a827be9ffe361741cf5e9aa7af (patch)
tree43870ea6a8922a1cf29d474a941c79baacd71e11 /man
parentca41b679c675eef0f5dde496aa71099c75a30d6b (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).
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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.link.xml4
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>