diff --git a/share/man/man4/epair.4 b/share/man/man4/epair.4 --- a/share/man/man4/epair.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/epair.4 @@ -79,10 +79,19 @@ Like any other Ethernet interface, an .Nm needs to have a network address. -Each +If the tunable +.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns +=0, each .Nm -will be assigned a locally administered address by default, +will be assigned a random locally administered address, that is only guaranteed to be unique within one network stack. +The tunable +.Va net.link.epair.ether_gen_addr Ns +=1 will generate a stable MAC address with FreeBSD OUI using +ether_gen_addr(9). +This tunable defaults to 1 in +.Fx 15.0 and might be removed in +.Fx 16.0. To change the default addresses one may use the SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2) or ifconfig(8) utility. .Pp