netdev - Re: [PATCH] add %pM printf format specifier

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Date:	Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:01:36 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Sven Anders <anders@...uras.de>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add %pM printf format specifier

On Sat, 2008-10-25 at 19:44 +0200, Sven Anders wrote:
> Johannes Berg schrieb:
> > This adds a new printf format specifier for the kernel, %pM,
> > to be used to print out MAC addresses. This has advantages
> > over the current print_mac scheme:
> >  * no need for DECLARE_MAC_BUF
> >  * can be used safely in statements that might be compiled
> >    out without the print_mac call staying.
> 
> Nice, have you though of something similar for IPv4 and IPv6
> adresses?

Not really, are they printed often? I haven't had to touch much code
that printed IP addresses. Nor have I seen them in logs a lot.

johannes

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