--- libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2011/10/14 07:28:16	1.11.2.26
+++ libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2011/10/14 07:39:47	1.11.2.27
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.11.2.26 2011/10/14 07:28:16 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.11.2.27 2011/10/14 07:39:47 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ inline const char *io_GetError();
  * return: NULL error or !=NULL string a
  */
 inline char *io_ether_ntoa(const struct io_ether_addr *n, char * __restrict a, int len);
+/*
+ * io_ether_aton() Convert string to ethernet address
+ * @a = string
+ * @e = ethernet address structure, like struct ether_addr
+ * return: NULL error or !=NULL ethernet address structure
+ */
+inline struct io_ether_addr *io_ether_aton(const char *a, struct io_ether_addr *e);
 
 /*
  * io_vals2buffer() Marshaling data from array with variables to buffer