NetIPv6_IsAddrSiteLocal

Description

Validate an IPv6 address as a site-local address.

Files

net_ipv6.h/net_ipv6.c

Prototype

          CPU_BOOLEAN NetIPv6_IsAddrSiteLocal(NET_IPv6_ADDR  *p_addr);

Arguments

p_addr

Pointer to IPv6 address to validate.

Returned Value

DEF_YES, if IPv6 address is a site-local IPv6 address.
DEF_NO, otherwise.

Required Configuration

None.

Notes / Warnings

An IPv6 Site-Local address is defined as having the following format : 

In text representation, it corresponds to the following format :
FEC0:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC:DDDD:aaaa.bbbb.cccc.dddd  where AAAA.BBBB.CCCC.DDDD is the subnet ID and aaaa.bbbb.cccc.dddd is the interface ID.

Refer to RFC #4291, Section 2.5.7 for more details.