Re: [PATCH net-2.6.24] introduce MAC_FMT/MAC_ARG
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2007-08-27 21:37:47
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2007-08-27 21:37:47
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:26:46 -0700
My original patch had the equivalent of
char* print_mac(char* buf, const char* addr) {
sprintf(buf,"%02x:...", addr[0]...)
return buf;
}
and used:
DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var); //same as char var[18];
printk(MAC_FMT, MAC_ARG(var, addr));
which didn't require splitting printk()s
I've still got the original patch.
It's just substituting EUI48 for MAC and forward porting.
Want something like that?That sounds OK. Let's give Johannes a chance to give some feedback first.