From 2e229e0c4c29e8a827be9ffe361741cf5e9aa7af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:30:59 +0200
Subject: 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).
---
 man/systemd.link.xml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'man')

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>
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