Package: bridge-utils Version: 1.6-5+b1 Followup-For: Bug #981076 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256
Having further googled this and made a few tests, the key difference seems to be whether the removable devices are declared in the auto or in the allow-hotplug lines of /etc/network/interfaces. If removable devices are declared in auto, no attempt to generate their fe80 address is made. Configuration is done as per each device's declaration in the configuration file (in my case, manual method and hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf), and the bridge uses whatever MAC address is declared via bridge_hw to generate its fe80 address. If removable devices are declared in allow-hotplug, ifup randomly fails for some devices and generates the fe80 address for other devices. The bridge picks up the fe80 of whichever removable device was succesfully brought up, regardless of what bridge_hw would suggest as the basis for EUI64 generation of the fe80 address for the bridge. - From a user perspective, I wouldn't know if this discrepancy in behavior between auto and allow-hotplug, for removable devices participating in a bridge, is the kernel's or bridge-utils' fault. Martin-Éric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEyJACx3qL7GpObXOQrh+Cd8S017YFAmASyPsACgkQrh+Cd8S0 17Y9FQ/9FvXNUxNRkw9x1ofFy/TBdQHqdutl1d6sUSyimrQtgeNrGlRndMFAdpWe H7tBIgfz6Fo+Syecf91TeZFVQ9LY7vptkgGyhKYJ1PKvfFDFXWZr0u0097c0eIhy RRzVdJP54WF2SKdKSSUhAsZ5Dozip3AtCC8xMzNvR00m2Acm16gTTwK5o98VnOJp wGR92JqTN9+p1PmvuNiyqOV6XkYDlIXdXnrE6C4OiD0QobrTqlvLqkDKgvnPxWwj 4fESH/lcqSUW7C/OA5U68G82UikRI7w4Rems/aKXExG4pZFsYc/wDecT/pvnUHUc D+h+Exxp3PLxi40apP2PqjRlm70BNO9sdEEaW/SmRg49buXg3Josqq00kvqsh8df 1QqeWuCxIKG/PeyuJxMPcNQgZF+SaK+gF2OFUG/5MhMSZ1x2c/xSvg3Tgk05ioWH axVf+KSE4Yp+HRL4QwjKjKL/69iUrirStHz3NExoBwxPcXzMu4wY/0H+972qiUve /BgQgp1ZhZe3RFhTKE2JLlsiDnVbDQxUbHiD8zSt8xj58BEoDkSLqs1hvHObGs6b EiqdayvhGA58VvloJSgUIYTiTfo6w3pfY0tDaCt5X7vngSPqSpl2KaI/QI85+Qz7 +y7kv7dpUz3JSBFNxNCPoiQ6Su5Ktq/2FvtWkYjcwJ/eEdB3gyY= =mCvI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
