BAL and Maple Release 2.2
Signed-off-by: Shad Ansari <developer@Carbon.local>
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+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * <:copyright-BRCM:2016:DUAL/GPL:standard
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Broadcom
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * Unless you and Broadcom execute a separate written software license
+ * agreement governing use of this software, this software is licensed
+ * to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * (the "GPL"), available at http://www.broadcom.com/licenses/GPLv2.php,
+ * with the following added to such license:
+ *
+ * As a special exception, the copyright holders of this software give
+ * you permission to link this software with independent modules, and
+ * to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your
+ * choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent
+ * module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module.
+ * An independent module is a module which is not derived from this
+ * software. The special exception does not apply to any modifications
+ * of the software.
+ *
+ * Not withstanding the above, under no circumstances may you combine
+ * this software in any way with any other Broadcom software provided
+ * under a license other than the GPL, without Broadcom's express prior
+ * written consent.
+ *
+ * :>
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * @file bal_utils.h
+ * @brief BAL Utilities include file
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef BALUTILS_H
+#define BALUTILS_H
+
+/*@{*/
+
+/**
+ * @brief General purpose BAL String structure.
+ *
+ * This is typically used for debugging or log messages.
+ */
+#define BAL_STRING_LENGTH 256
+
+#define MAC_STR_LEN 18
+
+/**
+ * @brief BAL String Structure
+ */
+typedef struct bal_string
+{
+ char str[BAL_STRING_LENGTH+1]; /**< The string */
+} bal_string;
+
+extern char *mac_addr_to_str(char *buffer, bcmos_mac_address mac);
+extern bcmos_bool mac_add_is_null(bcmos_mac_address mac);
+
+/*@}*/
+
+#endif /* BALUTILS_H */