-/**
- * hwaddr_aton - Convert ASCII string to MAC address
- * @txt: MAC address as a string (e.g., "00:11:22:33:44:55")
- * @addr: Buffer for the MAC address (ETH_ALEN = 6 bytes)
- * Returns: 0 on success, -1 on failure (e.g., string not a MAC address)
- */
-static int hwaddr_aton_i(const char *txt, u8 *addr)
-{
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
- int a, b;
-
- a = hex_to_bin(*txt++);
- if (a < 0)
- return -1;
- b = hex_to_bin(*txt++);
- if (b < 0)
- return -1;
- *addr++ = (a << 4) | b;
- if (i < 5 && *txt++ != ':')
- return -1;
- }
- return 0;
-}
-