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| author | Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-06-18 19:37:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-06-18 19:37:06 +0000 |
| commit | 31179643a9d61f46788516ab8270366cdb536078 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cd2b954d252b182739a7dd03810bbed51695b4b | |
| parent | 054de1349e8b323b252e434e502bbe875e0c07d9 (diff) | |
15.x relnotes: note stable MAC address changes
src 604d34c23f77 was tagged for relnotes, but we indavertently missed
it. Rectify the mistake now and note it in both 15.0/15.1 relnotes,
because 15.1 is a very attractive upgrade target right now and it'd be
nice if we didn't bury it just back in the 15.0 release notes.
PR: 296129
Reviewed by: ziaee
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57647
| -rw-r--r-- | website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | website/content/en/releases/15.1R/relnotes.adoc | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc index 14611ba001..d175b2f5b2 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.0R/relnotes.adoc @@ -1485,6 +1485,10 @@ Kernel compatibility code supporting man:ipfw[8] binaries from FreeBSD 7 and 8 h gitref:660255be1ed9[repository=src] {{< sponsored "The FreeBSD Foundation" >}} +The stable MAC address generated for man:if_bridge[4], man:if_epair[4], and other interfaces will change as of 15.0 due to a critical flaw in the implementation that resulted in a high chance of collisions and some generated addresses outside of the expected OUI. +If the previous MAC address needs to be retained for, e.g., DHCP leases, then care must be taken to persist the existing MAC address, such as with `ifconfig_bridgeN="... ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"` in man:rc.conf[5]. +gitref:604d34c23f77[repository=src] + [[network-protocols]] === Network Protocols diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/relnotes.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/relnotes.adoc index 25a0efc504..b90562d17c 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/relnotes.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/relnotes.adoc @@ -774,6 +774,10 @@ gitref:9657c50cdd77[repository=src]. The support for RFC 7217 stable IPv6 address generation via a new ifconfig 'stableaddr' flag and associated sysctls has been added. The feature is disabled by default, preserving existing behavior. The man:ifconfig[8] manual page is updated with documentation. gitref:865e0b20ca3c[repository=src]. +The stable MAC address generated for man:if_bridge[4], man:if_epair[4], and other interfaces will change as of 15.0 due to a critical flaw in the implementation that resulted in a high chance of collisions and some generated addresses outside of the expected OUI. +If the previous MAC address needs to be retained for, e.g., DHCP leases, then care must be taken to persist the existing MAC address, such as with `ifconfig_bridgeN="... ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"` in man:rc.conf[5]. +gitref:604d34c23f77[repository=src] + [[wireless-networking]] === Wireless Networking |