[PATCH 1/2] misc: introduce string_to_bin

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Jean-Christophe,

On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 03:41:14PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 15:43 Thu 05 Aug     , Baruch Siach wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 02:23:49PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD 
> > wrote:
> > > 	how about use the kernel printf format instead
> > 
> > How can I use printf to convert a string representation to binary?
> as example for ethernet address on the kernel we use %M or for UUID we %U to
> print it in the right format. so take a look on vsprintf.c

This is good for converting binary values to strings, not the other way around 
as we do here.

baruch

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