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Re: [PATCH 19/20] bootwrapper: Only print MAC addresses when the node is actually present.

From: David Gibson <hidden>
Date: 2007-08-21 03:20:24

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:40:11PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
Some firmwares (such as PlanetCore) only provide a base MAC address, and
expect the kernel to set certain bits to generate the addresses for the
other ports.  As such, MAC addresses are generated that may not correspond
to actual hardware.

Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <redacted>
Seems a reasonable idea for robustness.

Acked-by: David Gibson <redacted>

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