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-rw-r--r--ipv6.go19
-rw-r--r--ipv6_test.go19
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipv6.go b/ipv6.go
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+package soundbox
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "net"
+)
+
+// toLinkLocal converts a MAC address to the corresponding IPv6 link-local
+// address.
+func toLinkLocal(ha net.HardwareAddr) (net.IP, error) {
+ switch len(ha) {
+ case 6:
+ ip := net.IP{0xfe, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+ ha[0] ^ 0b10, ha[1], ha[2], 0xff, 0xfe, ha[3], ha[4], ha[5]}
+ return ip, nil
+ default:
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("Only IEEE 802 MAC-48 addresses supported")
+ }
+}
diff --git a/ipv6_test.go b/ipv6_test.go
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+++ b/ipv6_test.go
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+package soundbox
+
+import (
+ "net"
+ "reflect"
+ "testing"
+)
+
+func TestToLinkLocal(t *testing.T) {
+ input := net.HardwareAddr{0xab, 0xcd, 0xef, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56}
+ expected := net.IP{0xfe, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xa9, 0xcd, 0xef, 0xff, 0xfe, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56}
+ computed, err := toLinkLocal(input)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Errorf("Failed to call toLinkLocal(): %v", err)
+ }
+ if !reflect.DeepEqual(computed, expected) {
+ t.Errorf("Computed IPv6 link-local address %v did not match expectation %v", computed, expected)
+ }
+}