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+//
+// Copyright 2010 Ettus Research LLC
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UHD_DEVICE_ADDR_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_UHD_DEVICE_ADDR_HPP
+
+#include <uhd/dict.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <netinet/ether.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace uhd{
+
+    /*!
+    * Wrapper for an ethernet mac address.
+    * Provides conversion between string and binary formats.
+    */
+    struct mac_addr_t{
+        struct ether_addr mac_addr;
+        mac_addr_t(const std::string &mac_addr_str = "00:00:00:00:00:00");
+        std::string to_string(void) const;
+    };
+
+    /*!
+     * The device address args are just a mapping of key/value string pairs.
+     * When left empty, the discovery routine will try to find all usrps.
+     * The discovery can be narrowed down by specifying the transport type arguments.
+     *
+     * For example, to access a specific usrp2 one would specify the transport type
+     * ("type", "udp") and the transport args ("addr", "<resolvable_hostname_or_addr>").
+     */
+    typedef dict<std::string, std::string> device_addr_t;
+    typedef std::vector<device_addr_t> device_addrs_t;
+
+    /*!
+     * Function to turn a device address into a string.
+     * Just having the operator<< below should be sufficient.
+     * However, boost format seems to complain with the %
+     * and this is just easier because it works.
+     * \param device_addr a device address instance
+     * \return the string representation
+     */
+    std::string device_addr_to_string(const device_addr_t &device_addr);
+
+} //namespace uhd
+
+//ability to use types with stream operators
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &, const uhd::device_addr_t &);
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &, const uhd::mac_addr_t &);
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_UHD_DEVICE_ADDR_HPP */