Re: [patch iproute2 1/3] iproute2: arpd: use ll_addr_a2n and ll_addr_n2a

Stephen Hemminger
2014-05-17T03:58:20Z

On Thu, 15 May 2014 18:50:51 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:

> Thu, May 15, 2014 at 05:43:42PM CEST, stephen@networkplumber.org wrote:
> >On Thu, 15 May 2014 15:10:20 +0200
> >Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
> >> ---
> >> misc/arpd.c | 6 +++---
> >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >
> >Why not use more standard ether_ntoa ?
>
> Because the rest of the code uses ll_addr_n2a. There is no user of
> ether_ntoa in iproute2.

arpd is more of a standalone program.