What to Expect from Debian/Trixie

Re:What to Expect from Debian/Trixie by woleium on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @01:38PM (#44661850)

I imagine they went against mac address because it is not immutable, some folks rotate mac addresses for privacy/security reasons.

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Re:What to Expect from Debian/Trixie by duskwuff on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @03:48PM (#44663207)

There are, unfortunately, some older devices (like some Sun systems) which use the same MAC address for every network interface on the device.

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Re:What to Expect from Debian/Trixie by tlamponi on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:29PM (#44662402)

The original one is still there. Systemd knows even about that, it's differentiated as MAC vs PermanentMAC.

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Re:What to Expect from Debian/Trixie by em-bee on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:22PM (#44662340)

i thought about that, but couldn't you access the hardcoded address to identify the card?

but you also want to be able to change a card in a server without the device name changing. at least that used to be an issue in the past.

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