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nlmanager: nlpacket: update AttributeMACAddress decode comments
this commit adds some explanation/comments in the decode function of the AttributeMACAddress class. Some comments are moved around and placed in the right location. Signed-off-by: Julien Fortin <julien@cumulusnetworks.com>
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@ -533,14 +533,17 @@ class AttributeMACAddress(Attribute):
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def decode(self, parent_msg, data):
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self.decode_length_type(data)
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# IFLA_ADDRESS and IFLA_BROADCAST attributes for all interfaces has been a
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# 6-byte MAC address. But the GRE interface uses a 4-byte IP address and
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# GREv6 uses a 16-byte IPv6 address for this attribute.
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try:
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# MAC Address
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# GRE interface uses a 4-byte IP address for this attribute
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if self.length == 8:
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self.value = IPv4Address(unpack('>L', self.data[4:])[0])
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self.value_int = int(self.value)
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self.value_int_str = str(self.value_int)
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# GRE interface uses a 4-byte IP address for this attribute
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# MAC Address
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elif self.length == 10:
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(data1, data2) = unpack(self.PACK, self.data[4:])
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self.value = mac_int_to_str(data1 << 16 | data2)
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