j...@debian.org wrote: > >How about using only the last 3 bytes of the MAC? > >The probability of using, on the same system, *two or more* controllers >from *different brands* with a collision in the last 3 bytes is >nonexistent in practice. > >The clear benefit would be that 3 bytes / 6 hex digits are easy enough >to remember in the short term memory when you need to type a command. 6 >hex digits are also regularly used as short git references for that same >reason.
Good suggestion, yes. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Further comment on how I feel about IBM will appear once I've worked out whether they're being malicious or incompetent. Capital letters are forecast." Matthew Garrett, http://www.livejournal.com/users/mjg59/30675.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1z0ssu-0007ry...@mail.einval.com