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Change the default of net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr 0 -> 1.

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Now if_epair(4) uses ether_gen_addr(9) to generate a stable MAC.
This feature was committed in 590493c141.

Approved by:	kp
MFC after:	never
Relnotes:	yes
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51157
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Ronald Klop 2025-08-06 12:59:33 +02:00
parent 0950ab7d76
commit 3a2d4a1017
2 changed files with 7 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 15.x IS SLOW:
world, or to merely disable the most expensive debugging functionality
at runtime, run "ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
20250806:
if_epair(4) now uses ether_gen_addr(9) to generate a stable MAC
address.
To keep using the random address, set the loader tunable
net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr=0.
20250804:
bsdconfig (including sysrc(8)) has moved to the new bsdconfig
package. If you use pkgbase and wish to use bsdconfig, you should

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sys/net/if_epair.c
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@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ SYSCTL_DECL(_net_link);
static SYSCTL_NODE(_net_link, OID_AUTO, epair, CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_MPSAFE, 0,
"Pair of virtual cross-over connected Ethernet-like interfaces");
static bool use_ether_gen_addr = false;
static bool use_ether_gen_addr = true;
SYSCTL_BOOL(_net_link_epair, OID_AUTO, ether_gen_addr, CTLFLAG_RWTUN,
&use_ether_gen_addr, false,
"Generate MAC with FreeBSD OUI using ether_gen_addr(9)");