Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv3] printf: Add format for 8-byte EUI-64 type | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:21:40 -0800 |
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On Wed, 2015-12-09 at 16:06 -0700, Keith Busch wrote: > MAC addresses may be formed using rules based on EUI-64, which is 2 bytes > longer than a typical 6-byte MAC. This patch adds a long specifier to > the %pM format to support the extended unique identifier. > > Since there are multiple valid possible permutations of format specifiers, > the decoding is done in a loop, and the default ':' separator is > initialized at declaration time. A side effect of this allows 'F' and > 'R' both be specified, so these are appended to the documentation.
Just thought of this:
An alternative is using a format of "%8phC"
Is there a use case for a bluetooth or FDDI EUI-64?
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