From 9372ae3ddcb63377b1ab0b77e4db4086deef3244 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 19:41:53 +0100
Subject: util/nvmutil: one more comment

---
 util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'util')

diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
index b77b28ad..a58f66a1 100644
--- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
+++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c
@@ -225,9 +225,10 @@ parseMacAddress(const char *strMac, uint16_t *mac)
 		for (int nib = 0; nib < 2; nib++, total += h) {
 			if ((h = hextonum(strMac[i + nib])) > 15)
 				return -1;
+			/* ensure local, unicast mac address if random: */
 			if ((byte == 0) && (nib == 1))
 				if (strMac[i + nib] == '?')
-					h = (h & 0xE) | 2;
+					h = (h & 0xE) | 2; /* local, unicast */
 			mac[byte >> 1] |= ((uint16_t ) h)
 				<< ((8 * ((byte % 2) ^ 1)) + (4 * (nib ^ 1)));
 		}
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