'\" t .\" Title: eth_random_addr .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 .\" Date: September 2017 .\" Manual: Network device support .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.12.13 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "ETH_RANDOM_ADDR" "9" "September 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.12\&" "Network device support" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" eth_random_addr \- Generate software assigned random Ethernet address .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'void\ eth_random_addr('u .BI "void eth_random_addr(u8\ *\ " "addr" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIu8 * addr\fR .RS 4 Pointer to a six\-byte array containing the Ethernet address .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) that is not multicast and has the local assigned bit set\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br