[virt-tools-list] random MAC generation and top bit?

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:24:50AM -0500, John Levon wrote:
> 
>     mac = oui + [
>             random.randint(0x00, 0x7f),
>             random.randint(0x00, 0xff),
>             random.randint(0x00, 0xff) ]
>     return ':'.join(map(lambda x: "%02x" % x, mac))
> 
> Why the 0x7f?

Looks like a typo to me - there's no reason to restrict the first
byte in this way


Daniel
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