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bridge: Simplify mac address generation

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bridge: Simplify mac address generation

Unconditionally use ether_gen_addr() to generate bridge mac addresses. This
function is now less likely to generate duplicate mac addresses across jails.
The old hand rolled hostid based code adds no value.

Reviewed by: bz
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24432

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bz
Differential Revision
D24432: bridge: Simplify mac address generation
Parents
rS360068: ethersubr: Make the mac address generation more robust
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