On Thu, 2011-09-08 at 02:23 +0200, Philipp Schafft wrote: [...] > * MAC address is set using 'ip link set $iface address $mac' (if > ip is installed) or 'ifconfig $iface hw ether $mac allmulti up'.
You could just use 'ip' and depend on iproute. Linux 'ifconfig' is a 90s throwback... > In both manpages I haven't found any infos when this may become > a permanent change. I never have seen this. chrissie also thinks > that this may be a bug in the card or the card's driver. Maybe > someone should talk to the card's driver writers to find out. If > someone opens a bug about this feel free to add me to the Cc. [...] That would indeed be a driver bug. But I think the user who said this was confused. The change is 'permanent' in so far as the wrong MAC address will persist until dnet-common is removed. By the way, bug reporters are not automatically subscribed to Debian bugs so unless you bcc'd them they will not have seen your message. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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