From: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:21:03 +0400

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> On Sparc system we also have global device tree which provides unique
> and persistent reference to every device. Solaris has no problems with
> having same MAC for all interfaces.

SunOS/Solaris names devices geographically on the I/O bus.  So if you
move the card from one slot to another, it's a different device and
you have to change your configuration, which is pretty bogus.

At least under Linux the identity follows the MAC address, which I
definitely see as a superior behavior.

The only problem is handling the multiple devices with same MAC case.

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> What is exactly wrong with using device topology path? This should
> exist on any system, it is unique and it is persistent.

Because if you move the device to a different PCI slot it should
still show up as the same device, using the MAC address as the key.
The Solaris behavior isn't so intelligent.
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