From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Generate random IID for addresses on RAWIP devices Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20180604.171547.1337479371495920654.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1528062874-19250-1-git-send-email-subashab@codeaurora.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: subashab@codeaurora.org Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:52678 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751674AbeFDVPt (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:15:49 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1528062874-19250-1-git-send-email-subashab@codeaurora.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2018 15:54:34 -0600 > RAWIP devices such as rmnet do not have a hardware address and > instead require the kernel to generate a random IID for the > temporary addresses. For permanent addresses, the device IID is > used along with prefix received. > > Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan Please address yoshfuji's feedback, thank you.