app/testpmd: check status of getting MAC address

[dpdk.git] / app / test-pmd / util.c

diff --git a/app/test-pmd/util.c b/app/test-pmd/util.c
index 19d3677..faf247c 100644 (file)
--- a/app/test-pmd/util.c
+++ b/app/test-pmd/util.c
@@ -274,3 +274,16 @@ eth_link_get_nowait_print_err(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_link *link)
 
        return ret;
 }
+
+int
+eth_macaddr_get_print_err(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addr)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = rte_eth_macaddr_get(port_id, mac_addr);
+       if (ret != 0)
+               printf("Error getting device (port %u) mac address: %s\n",
+                               port_id, rte_strerror(-ret));
+
+       return ret;
+}