Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:49:59 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 195692] New: Feature request: Make devd read MAC addresses Message-ID: <bug-195692-15@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195692 Bug ID: 195692 Summary: Feature request: Make devd read MAC addresses Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: standards Assignee: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Reporter: greencoppermine@yandex.com I have been struggling with this problem: https://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=615680+0+current/freebsd-net Which eventually lead me to use devd to solve the problem, however the ONLY reason I could solve it was because the vendor actually provided a unique serial number for each device. Now, coming from Linux with 70-persistent-net.rules, in which devices can be matched and fixed for udev using their MAC addresses, I cannot imagine how easy it would have been to solve this problem had devd been able to read MAC addresses. IMHO, and in all respect, it makes absolutely no sense that devd can get the device vendor, product, serialnumber, etc, but not the MAC address. This would be extremely useful. So hence this feature request. Kindest regards. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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