Re: mac.c

> > Any comments at all from anyone on my mail from Sunday Nite on
> > making the macaddr_manuf function just return a
> > masked MACADDR (I.E. set the low 3 bytes to 0x00) and how we
> > do this in the code?
>
> So macaddr_manuf() will be changed to return a mac address with the low
> bytes set to zero? There is certainly a use for a function like this,
> along with another function, say ismanuf() or same() or similar() or ??,
> which takes two mac addresses and compares just the manufacturer's
> fields. Why not call the "manufacturer's mask" function something like
> manuf() or brand() or ?? rather than reusing macaddr_manuf() which would
> become obsolete?
Sure, I just don't want to make a mistake on coding it. I'm open.

Since macaddr_manuf() will not be up to date, I'd say lets make
the new function macaddr_brand, and if someone wants to do the other
two, fine. I'd also doc the fact that macaddr_manuf() is deprecated, marked
for deletion one or two releases down the line (since the table will
no longer be updated, and is very much outdated).
>
> > Any comments on the ouiparse.awk script?
>
> The awk script looks OK (and if anyone objected enough they could
> rewrite in perl or whatever). Where does one get the IEEE list it uses?
It's on the IEEE site (http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml).

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