Re: BUG #14362: Postgres macaddr does not support EUI-64 8-byte MAC addresses - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #14362: Postgres macaddr does not support EUI-64 8-byte MAC addresses
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Msg-id 5336.1476118820@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #14362: Postgres macaddr does not support EUI-64 8-byte MAC addresses  (tilo.sloboda@gmail.com)
Responses Re: BUG #14362: Postgres macaddr does not support EUI-64 8-byte MAC addresses  (Tilo Sloboda <tilo.sloboda@gmail.com>)
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tilo.sloboda@gmail.com writes:
> What is the plan for Postgres to support EUI-64 MACs?

I know of nobody working on that.  Feel free to submit a patch.
(I'm afraid it might be nontrivial to get the current datatype
to do anything about this, though, since it's hard-wired as 6 bytes
on-disk.)

            regards, tom lane

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