Re: Getting a stable MAC address for a RPI CM3+ with ue0 interface

"Patrick M. Hausen" <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:09:58 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
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Hi Mike,

> Am 20.09.2023 um 22:02 schrieb Mike Karels <[email protected]>:
> There is a routine called ether_gen_addr(), which will generate an
> Ethernet MAC based on the hostid and the interface name, both of which
> are reasonably stable.  Not very many drivers use it though.  It
> would probably be an improvement.

That reads like it's an appropriate "FreeBSD way" to tackle this.

>> Or am I misreading that? I though that the Pi was *the* aarch64 platform,
>> at least in numbers ...
> 
> In numbers, probably.  In support, no.

Puzzled - which platform is?

Kind regards,
Patrick