Re: Update: mac.c update, patch now on ftp

> > > > I'm not sure whether my long post made it to the list, so I created
> > > > a tarball of the patch and the awk script:
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.lerctr.org/postgresql-patches/macupdate.tar.gz
> > > >
> > > > This has the patch file for mac.c to update the manufacturer list with
> > > > the current list from IEEE and the awk script I ran against the IEEE's
> > > > oui.txt file.
> > > >
> > > > This patch is relative to 7.0.0, but the file is the same in 7.0.2
> > > > the MD5 checksums are identical).
> 
> In looking at this patch, it changes mac.c from:
> 
>     8513 mac.c
>   184323 mac.c.new
> 
> 
> This seems like a major size increase.  Is it worth it to get
> card manufacturers?

Given that our list is old, and the new list is large, does anyone
really want this feature.  It allows the lookup of an ethernet card
manufacturer based on the ethernet MAC address.

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