From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] test: remove some strings from cmdline_etheraddr tests
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 09:38:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231003093808.51c5bf11@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <89a6ef0b-1cbf-4ebf-b0d8-c900271152da@amd.com>
On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 11:59:04 +0100
Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com> wrote:
> Ah, I guess it is taken as "XXXX:XXXX:XXXX" format, but number of digit
> is not enforced, so "1:2:3" is a valid format, should we add this to API
> documentation as example format? Or is this unintended side effect?
By allowing leading zeros, it becomes allowed.
DPDK always allowed the non-standard 3 part format.
Looking around only old Cisco ACS used 3 part MAC format and it used
periods.
The API documentation should mention leading zeros are optional.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-03 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-29 16:36 [RFC] rte_ether_unformat: accept more inputs Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-29 19:35 ` Morten Brørup
2023-09-29 23:08 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-02 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] rte_ether_unformat_addr changes Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-02 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] test: remove some strings from cmdline_etheraddr tests Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 10:47 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-10-03 10:59 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-10-03 16:38 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2023-10-03 16:36 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 16:50 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-10-03 17:18 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-02 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] rte_ether_unformat: accept more inputs Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-02 18:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] test: add tests for rte_ether routines Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 6:17 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] rte_ether_unformat_addr changes Morten Brørup
2023-10-03 10:44 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-10-03 16:27 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 16:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] rte_ether_unformat_addr related changes Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] test: remove some strings from cmdline_etheraddr tests Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] rte_ether_unformat: accept more inputs Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] test: add tests for rte_ether routines Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-03 20:29 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] net/tap: use rte_ether_unformat_address Stephen Hemminger
2023-10-11 14:25 ` Ferruh Yigit
2023-10-04 11:48 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] rte_ether_unformat_addr related changes Ferruh Yigit
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