This patch adds a helper for converting the dev_addr attribute in
netdevice to __le64 type. The dev_addr attribute is a char pointer
and contains the extended address in big endian byte order.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/mac802154.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/mac802154.h b/include/net/mac802154.h
index 8f1de68..c17acbd 100644
--- a/include/net/mac802154.h
+++ b/include/net/mac802154.h
@@ -214,6 +214,15 @@ struct ieee802154_ops {
const bool on);
};
+/**
+ * ieee802154_netdev_to_extended_addr - convert __be64 u8 pointer to __le64
+ * @dev_addr: big endian address pointer like netdevice dev_addr attribute
+ */
+static inline __le64 ieee802154_netdev_to_extended_addr(const u8 *dev_addr)
+{
+ return (__le64)swab64(*((__be64 *)dev_addr));
+}
+
/* Basic interface to register ieee802154 hwice */
struct ieee802154_hw *
ieee802154_alloc_hw(size_t priv_data_len, const struct ieee802154_ops *ops);
--
2.1.3
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