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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man9/ether_gen_addr.9 4.html b/static/freebsd/man9/ether_gen_addr.9 4.html deleted file mode 100644 index d8f4aea2..00000000 --- a/static/freebsd/man9/ether_gen_addr.9 4.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,65 +0,0 @@ -<table class="head"> - <tr> - <td class="head-ltitle">ETHER_GEN_ADDR(9)</td> - <td class="head-vol">Kernel Developer's Manual</td> - <td class="head-rtitle">ETHER_GEN_ADDR(9)</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class="manual-text"> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">ether_gen_addr</code> — - <span class="Nd">generate an arbitrary MAC address for use</span></p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp"><code class="In">#include - <<a class="In">sys/types.h</a>></code> - <br/> - <code class="In">#include <<a class="In">sys/socket.h</a>></code> - <br/> - <code class="In">#include <<a class="In">net/if.h</a>></code> - <br/> - <code class="In">#include <<a class="In">net/if_var.h</a>></code> - <br/> - <code class="In">#include <<a class="In">net/ethernet.h</a>></code></p> -<p class="Pp"><var class="Ft">void</var> - <br/> - <code class="Fn">ether_gen_addr</code>(<var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct - ifnet *ifp</var>, <var class="Fa" style="white-space: nowrap;">struct - ether_addr *hwaddr</var>);</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">The - <a class="permalink" href="#ether_gen_addr"><code class="Fn" id="ether_gen_addr">ether_gen_addr</code></a>() - function generates an arbitrary MAC address for use by an ethernet interface - that does not have an assigned address.</p> -<p class="Pp">By default, <code class="Nm">ether_gen_addr</code> attempts to - generate a stable MAC address using the hostid of the jail that the - <var class="Ar">ifp</var> is being added to. During early boot, the hostid - may not be set on machines that haven't yet populated - <span class="Pa">/etc/hostid</span>, or on machines that do not use - <a class="Xr">loader(8)</a>.</p> -<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">ether_gen_addr</code> can fail to derive a MAC - address due to memory allocation failure, or because the hostid has not been - populated. In these cases, a locally-administered unicast MAC address will - be randomly generated and returned via the <var class="Ar">hwaddr</var> - parameter.</p> -<p class="Pp">If <code class="Nm">ether_gen_addr</code> succeeds, then it will - return a MAC address in the FreeBSD Foundation OUI, - “58:9c:fc”, via the <var class="Ar">hwaddr</var> - parameter.</p> -</section> -<section class="Sh"> -<h1 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h1> -<p class="Pp">This manual page was written by <span class="An">Kyle Evans</span> - <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:kevans@FreeBSD.org">kevans@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</p> -</section> -</div> -<table class="foot"> - <tr> - <td class="foot-date">June 1, 2021</td> - <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> - </tr> -</table> |