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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/epair.4')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/epair.4 b/share/man/man4/epair.4 index 4bcb54c936cb..342b15b5612a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/epair.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/epair.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 18, 2015 +.Dd August 12, 2025 .Dt EPAIR 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -79,12 +79,24 @@ and Like any other Ethernet interface, an .Nm needs to have a network address. -Each +If the tunable +.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns +=0, each .Nm -will be assigned a locally administered address by default, +will be assigned a random locally administered address, that is only guaranteed to be unique within one network stack. -To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2) or -ifconfig(8) utility. +The tunable +.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns +=1 will generate a stable MAC address with +.Fx +OUI using +.Xr ether_gen_addr 9 . +This tunable defaults to 1 in +.Fx 15.0 and might be removed in +.Fx 16.0 . +To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR +.Xr ioctl 2 or +.Xr ifconfig 8 utility. .Pp The basic intent is to provide connectivity between two virtual network stack instances. |