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From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:54:20 +0100

> This message gets logged far too often for how interesting is it.
> 
> Most distributions nowadays configure NetworkManager to use randomly
> generated MAC addresses for Wi-Fi network scans. The interfaces end up
> being periodically brought down for the address change. When they're
> subsequently brought back up, the message is logged, eventually flooding
> the log.
> 
> Perhaps the message is not all that helpful: it seems to be more
> interesting to hear when the addrconf actually start, not when it does
> not. Let's lower its level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@v3.sk>

This has always bugged me too.

Applied, thanks!