eth_hw_addr_random(9)

eth_hw_addr_random9

Generate software assigned random ethernet and set device flag

Usage

void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device * dev);

Arguments

dev

pointer to net_device structure

Overview

Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) to be used by a net device and set addr_assign_type so the state can be read by sysfs and be used by userspace.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.