ifconfig displays an unexpected mac address for a slave NIC in a mode 6 bond

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Issue

  • ifconfig displays the MAC address of another interface when using mode 6 bonding (balance-alb) The mac addresses for the two slaves have been swapped. Is this an expected behavior?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Network Interface Bonding Mode 6 (balance-alb)

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