>   Potentially, yes.  If I want to DHCP for information to configure whatever
> card I've just inserted then I presumably don't want to have to dance around
> figuring out what the name of the new interface should be.  I suppose that
> the system could say "ep1 just appeared" but I have a hunch that there may be
> value in knowing that this is somehow like the ep0 that used to be around.

That sounds like a good argument for ignoring the MAC address when
reattaching a device to an interface..
(funny, that..)

						- Bill