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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * ethernet.h: Ethernet frames
+ *****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 VideoLAN
+ *
+ * Authors: Benjamin Cohen <bencoh@notk.org>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject
+ * to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+ * TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+ * SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Normative references:
+ *  - IEEE Std 802.3-2012 (December 2012)
+ *  - IETF RFC 7042 IANA Considerations and IETF Protocol
+ *    and Documentation Usage for IEEE 802 Parameters (October 2013)
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BITSTREAM_IEEE_ETHERNET_H__
+#define __BITSTREAM_IEEE_ETHERNET_H__
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h> /* memcpy */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#define ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN 6
+#define ETHERNET_HEADER_LEN (2*ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN + 2)
+
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_IP            0x0800
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_ARP           0x0806
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_RARP          0x8035
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_VLAN          0x8100
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_IPV6          0x86DD
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_PPP           0x880B
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_MPLS          0x8847
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_PPPOE_DISC    0x8863
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_PPPOE_SESSION 0x8864
+#define ETHERNET_TYPE_LLDP          0x88CC
+
+static inline uint8_t *ethernet_dstaddr(uint8_t *p_ethernet)
+{
+    return p_ethernet;
+}
+
+static inline void ethernet_get_dstaddr(const uint8_t *p_ethernet, uint8_t *p_addr)
+{
+    memcpy(p_addr, p_ethernet, ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN);
+}
+
+static inline void ethernet_set_dstaddr(uint8_t *p_ethernet, const uint8_t *p_addr)
+{
+    memcpy(ethernet_dstaddr(p_ethernet), p_addr, ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN);
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t *ethernet_srcaddr(uint8_t *p_ethernet)
+{
+    return p_ethernet + ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN;
+}
+
+static inline void ethernet_get_srcaddr(const uint8_t *p_ethernet, uint8_t *p_addr)
+{
+    memcpy(p_addr, p_ethernet + ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN, ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN);
+}
+
+static inline void ethernet_set_srcaddr(uint8_t *p_ethernet, const uint8_t *p_addr)
+{
+    memcpy(ethernet_srcaddr(p_ethernet), p_addr, ETHERNET_ADDR_LEN);
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t ethernet_get_lentype(const uint8_t *p_ethernet)
+{
+    return (p_ethernet[12] << 8) | p_ethernet[13];
+}
+
+static inline void ethernet_set_lentype(uint8_t *p_ethernet, uint16_t lentype)
+{
+    p_ethernet[12] = (lentype & 0xff00) >> 8;
+    p_ethernet[13] = (lentype & 0xff);
+}
+
+static inline uint8_t *ethernet_payload(uint8_t *p_ethernet)
+{
+    return p_ethernet + ETHERNET_HEADER_LEN;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif