On fre, 2012-05-18 at 19:57 +0000, erlko...@talisman.org wrote: > The macaddr type does not allow for MACs of greater length (or less than) > than six bytes, only capturing a particular variety of ethernet address > (Xerox's original version) instead of the broader use of MACs where > addresses of other lengths are common, such as the 64-bit EUI-64. > > A more appropriate type name would have been "ethernet", specific to the > case actually captured by "macaddr".
The documentation makes reference to IEEE Std 820, which clearly allows only 48 bit quantities and calls them "LAN MAC addresses". So I think the implementation, documentation, and terminology is correct. I'm not familiar with the EUI-64 space, but the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address indicates that they are related to but distinct from what is generally known as MAC addresses. But since you are claiming a standards violation, would you also point out which standard? > Given compatibility concerns, renaming > it is probably infeasible. However, being able to parameterize the > length, defaulting to 6 bytes, would be adequate. That could be a workable solution. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
