[RFC] rte_ether_unformat: accept more inputs

[Morten Brørup]

> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Friday, 29 September 2023 18.36
> 
> This updates rte_ether_addr_unformat() to accept more types
> of input. There have been requests to handle Windows and other formats.

Seems very useful.

[...]

> +/*
> + * Be libreal in accepting a wide variety of notational formats

Typo: libreal -> liberal.

> + * for MAC address including:
> + *  - Linux format six groups of hexadecimal digits seperated by colon
> + *  - Windows format six groups seperated by hyphen

Typo (twice): seperated -> separated

[...]

> --- a/lib/net/rte_ether.h
> +++ b/lib/net/rte_ether.h
> @@ -254,8 +254,10 @@ rte_ether_format_addr(char *buf, uint16_t size,
>   *
>   * @param str
>   *   A pointer to buffer contains the formatted MAC address.
> - *   The supported formats are:
> - *     XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX or XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
> + *   The example formats are:
> + *     XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX - Canonical form
> + *     XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX - Windows and IEEE 802
> + *     XXXX:XXXX:XXXX    - original DPDK
>   *   where XX is a hex digit: 0-9, a-f, or A-F.

Actually, XX is a hex number, not a hex digit.

But I think the intention of this patch is also to allow a hex number of 1 or 2 (or up to 4) hex digits for XX and XXXX?