Re: MAC address issue

[Sean Boudreau <seanb%qnx.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 03:50:27PM -0500, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:39:07PM -0600, David Young wrote:
> > I will work on it this weekend.  I think that add/delete semantics are
> > desirable for link-layer addresses (lladdrs), however, we need to apply
> > several restrictions in the short term:
> 
> I don't think all this complexity buys any real advantage. If the only
> real improvement is the ability to restore the factory default, a copy
> of it would be more than enough. None of your examples shows what it is
> useful for.
> 
> Joerg

I don't see what 'preference' is useful for.  It seems
reasonable to have a 'factory' flag which can't be deleted,
others can be added / removed, only one can be active?

-seanb