+static int
+eth_mac_cmp(const char *key __rte_unused,
+ const char *value, void *opaque)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct ether_addr mac;
+ const struct rte_eth_dev_data *data = opaque;
+ struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info;
+ uint32_t index;
+
+ /* Parse devargs MAC address. */
+ /*
+ * cannot use ether_aton_r(value, &mac)
+ * because of include conflict with rte_ether.h
+ */
+ ret = cmdline_parse_etheraddr(NULL, value, &mac, sizeof(mac));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return -1; /* invalid devargs value */
+
+ /* Return 0 if devargs MAC is matching one of the device MACs. */
+ rte_eth_dev_info_get(data->port_id, &dev_info);
+ for (index = 0; index < dev_info.max_mac_addrs; index++)
+ if (is_same_ether_addr(&mac, &data->mac_addrs[index]))
+ return 0;
+ return -1; /* no match */
+}
+