linkaddr.h

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/**
 * \file
 *         Header file for the link-layer address representation
 * \author
 *         Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 */
 
/**
 * \addtogroup link-layer
 * @{
 */
 
/**
 * \defgroup linkaddr Link-layer addresses
 * @{
 *
 * The linkaddr module handles link-layer addresses.
 *
 */
 
#ifndef LINKADDR_H_
#define LINKADDR_H_
 
#include "contiki.h"
 
#ifdef LINKADDR_CONF_SIZE
#define LINKADDR_SIZE LINKADDR_CONF_SIZE
#else /* LINKADDR_SIZE */
#define LINKADDR_SIZE 8
#endif /* LINKADDR_SIZE */
 
typedef union {
  unsigned char u8[LINKADDR_SIZE];
#if LINKADDR_SIZE == 2
  uint16_t u16;
#else
  uint16_t u16[LINKADDR_SIZE/2];
#endif /* LINKADDR_SIZE == 2 */
} linkaddr_t;
 
/**
 * \brief      Copy a link-layer address
 * \param dest The destination
 * \param from The source
 *
 *             This function copies a link-layer address from one location
 *             to another.
 *
 */
void linkaddr_copy(linkaddr_t *dest, const linkaddr_t *from);
 
/**
 * \brief      Compare two link-layer addresses
 * \param addr1 The first address
 * \param addr2 The second address
 * \return     True if the addresses are the same, false if they are different
 */
bool linkaddr_cmp(const linkaddr_t *addr1, const linkaddr_t *addr2);
 
 
/**
 * \brief      The link-layer address of the node
 *
 *             This variable contains the link-layer address of the
 *             node. This variable should not be changed directly;
 *             rather, the linkaddr_set_node_addr() function should be
 *             used.
 *
 */
extern linkaddr_t linkaddr_node_addr;
 
/**
 * \brief      The null link-layer address
 *
 *             This variable contains the null link-layer address. The null
 *             address is used in route tables to indicate that the
 *             table entry is unused. Nodes with no configured address
 *             has the null address. Nodes with their node address set
 *             to the null address will have problems communicating
 *             with other nodes.
 *
 */
extern const linkaddr_t linkaddr_null;
 
/**
 * \brief      Set the address of the current node
 * \param addr The address
 *
 *             This function sets the link-layer address of the node.
 *
 */
static inline void linkaddr_set_node_addr(linkaddr_t *addr)
{
  linkaddr_copy(&linkaddr_node_addr, addr);
}
 
#endif /* LINKADDR_H_ */
/** @} */
/** @} */