nuttx-apps/netutils/netlib/netlib_setmacaddr.c

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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <net/if.h>

#include "netutils/netlib.h"

#ifdef CONFIG_NET

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

/****************************************************************************
 * Name: netlib_setmacaddr
 *
 * Description:
 *   Set the network driver MAC address
 *
 * Parameters:
 *   ifname   The name of the interface to use
 *   macaddr  MAC address to set, size must be IFHWADDRLEN
 *
 * Return:
 *   0 on success; -1 on failure
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

int netlib_setmacaddr(const char *ifname, const uint8_t *macaddr)
{
  int ret = ERROR;

  if (ifname && macaddr)
    {
      /* Get a socket (only so that we get access to the INET subsystem) */

      int sockfd = socket(NET_SOCK_FAMILY, NET_SOCK_TYPE, NET_SOCK_PROTOCOL);
      if (sockfd >= 0)
        {
          struct ifreq req;

          /* Put the driver name into the request */

          strncpy(req.ifr_name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ);

          /* Put the new MAC address into the request */

          req.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = NET_SOCK_FAMILY;
          memcpy(&req.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, macaddr, IFHWADDRLEN);

          /* Perform the ioctl to set the MAC address */

          ret = ioctl(sockfd, SIOCSIFHWADDR, (unsigned long)&req);
          close(sockfd);
        }
    }

  return ret;
}

#endif /* CONFIG_NET */