vsprintf: add %pMR for Bluetooth MAC address
Bluetooth uses mostly LE byte order which is reversed for visual
interpretation. Currently in Bluetooth in use unsafe batostr function.
This is a slightly modified version of Joe's patch (sent Sat, Dec 4,
2010).
Signed-off-by: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko@intel.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 5df176e..d8d168f 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
MAC/FDDI addresses:
%pM 00:01:02:03:04:05
+ %pMR 05:04:03:02:01:00
%pMF 00-01-02-03-04-05
%pm 000102030405
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@
the 'M' specifier to use dash ('-') separators instead of the default
separator.
+ For Bluetooth addresses the 'R' specifier shall be used after the 'M'
+ specifier to use reversed byte order suitable for visual interpretation
+ of Bluetooth addresses which are in the little endian order.
+
IPv4 addresses:
%pI4 1.2.3.4