@CH23: Fantastic! Thanks for your tests
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FWIW, by default, the MAC you see in ifconfig (on the device's side) is the dev_addr bit of the g_ether arguments.
I have a K4 connected right now:
Code:
usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr EE:19:00:0E:10:CB
(Granted, that's far from the best example, since I have my USBNet script configured to generate a device-specific NIC to be able to plug multiple devices concurrently, so, the OUI (EE:19:00) matches the module arguments, but the NIC (0E:10:CB) is tweaked)).
You can tweak it after the fact w/
Code:
ifconfig usb0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
if you really want to, but it's basically only of interest if you need to plug multiple devices concurrently, otherwise, you're fine with the defaults.
On the computer's side, I'm seeing the host_addr, as expected:
Code:
ether ee:49:00:0e:10:cb txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
EDIT: In fact, it's the host_addr that needs to be tweaked to be able to plug multiple things concurrently, so, yeah, setting the MAC on the Kobo's side serves zero purpose.