Subject: Re: [RFC PATCHv3] printk: add %pM format specifier for MAC
 addresses
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, johannes@sipsolutions.net,
       anders@anduras.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 17:05 -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 16:55 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> > I'm ok with the '#' modifier but remind me again what's wrong with
> > using plain %p4 and %p6?
> Nothing at all, just wanted to know what color bikeshed you wanted.
> I'll go with %p4 %p6.

Just an FYI for v6 addresses:

There are a few uses of ipv6 address as "%08X%08X%08X%08X" 
Pavel Emelyanov tried to isolate them with a suggested patch:

http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg51655.html

These addresses are not shown in network order, but are
printed backwards in host order. Oops.  Apparently it's
too late to fix them.

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