initscripts maclist [patch]

[Bill Nottingham]

Steve G (linux_4ever at yahoo.com) said: 
> I have a patch against the current initscripts that I would like to share. What
> the patch does is adds a step during interface initialization to preload mac
> addresses. It works very similar to routes or aliases. I know people do something
> ad hoc to do the same thing like /etc/ethers, but this sort of formalizes the
> practice and makes it per interface. This works out nicely with netplugd.

What is the general usefulness of this - what specific problem
are you trying to solve?

Bill