is there any chance to include a macro like this for printing mac addresses?
its advantage is that it can be used without the need to declare buffers for
print_mac(), for example:
printk("mac address: " MAC_FMT, MAC_ADDR(addr));
Signed-off-by: Bruno Randolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/linux/if_ether.h | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 5f92977..b9a6fb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -127,6 +127,15 @@ extern struct ctl_table ether_table[];
* Display a 6 byte device address (MAC) in a readable format.
*/
#define MAC_FMT "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x"
+
+#define MAC_ADDR(addr) \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[0], \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[1], \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[2], \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[3], \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[4], \
+ ((unsigned char *)(addr))[5]
+
extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const u8 *addr);
#define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[18] __maybe_unused
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