Anaconda multiple Ethernet cards question

[Aioanei Rares]

On 09/21/2009 05:12 PM, John Reiser wrote:
> On 09/21/2009 06:33 AM, Aioanei Rares wrote:
>> On 09/21/2009 04:33 PM, Chris Lumens wrote:
>
>>> If you've got two network cards of the same kind, they're going to have
>>> the same description. Also the UI is constrained to something like<70
>>> characters
>
>> They're different; and listing the description string looks more
>> important to the user than listing the MAC.
>
> The top 24 bits of the MAC are *assigned* by manufacturer.
>
> Print the low 24 bits as 6 hex digits (possibly with no punctuation),
> and chop the description string after 22 characters (for example.)
>
My python-fu is far too weak to start hacking on Anaconda. I was only 
trying to make a point from a user's perspective (who might not even 
know what a MAC address is).