Andrew Thompson <thom...@freebsd.org> wrote: > Author: thompsa > Date: Sun Sep 4 22:06:32 2011 > New Revision: 225380 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225380 > > Log: > On the first loop for generating a bridge MAC address use the local > hostid, this gives a good chance of keeping the same address over > reboots. This is intended to help IPV6 and similar which generate > their addresses from the mac. > > PR: kern/160300 > Submitted by: mdodd > Approved by: re (kib) > > Modified: > head/sys/net/if_bridge.c
Are there other places where the system advertises the hostid on the network? I always assumed it to be a somewhat private identifier, so I'm a bit surprised by this commit. BTW, the man page still claims that the MAC address is chosen randomly. Fabian
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