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Authored by ronald_klop.ws on Aug 11 2025, 1:56 PM.
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Just keeping the documentation up-to-date.

Fixes: 590493c1419092e98f7ad1dcadb886973502341e ("if_epair(4): use ether_gen_addr(9) for stable MAC address")
MFC after: 1 week (together with the tunable)

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hrs added inline comments.
share/man/man4/epair.4
90
...address with
.Fx
OUI using...
91

While there are more similar instances in the same file, please keep using

.Xr ether_gen_addr 9 .
94

A space is required between 0 and .

Update with the remarks of hrs.

Looks good to me. Please do not forget to update .Dd line, too.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Aug 12 2025, 1:26 PM