Re: [Libvir] [PATCH]Change MAC address to case insensitive

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:13:43PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > I'll apply this today (using our STRCASEEQ macros) if no one else > > objects. > > Hi, > > What do you think about using a MAC-address-specific comparison > function? I.e., one that is not only case-independent, but that also > knows leading zeros are unnecessary? > > i.e., it would admit that these two match: > > 00:0A:FF:3A:00:09 > 0:a:ff:3a:0:9 > > That would be a little more user friendly. Yes, we should add a helper function for comparing mac addresses for equality.