PAPI: Add MACAddress object wrapper for vl_api_mac_address_t

Change the definition of vl_api_mac_address_t to an aliased type.

Change-Id: I1434f316d0fad6a099592f39bceeb8faeaf1d134
Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
index 4812cb6ef70..0a33c1eb2ac 100644
--- a/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
+++ b/test/vpp_papi_provider.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import time
 from collections import deque
 
 from six import moves
-from vpp_mac import mactobinary
+from vpp_papi import mac_pton
 from hook import Hook
 from vpp_l2 import L2_PORT_TYPE
 
@@ -223,9 +223,6 @@ class VppPapiProvider(object):
         """
         return cli + "\n" + str(self.cli(cli))
 
-    def _convert_mac(self, mac):
-        return mactobinary(mac)
-
     def show_version(self):
         """ """
         return self.api(self.papi.show_version, {})
@@ -643,7 +640,7 @@ class VppPapiProvider(object):
             interface. (Default value = 0)
         """
         return self.api(self.papi.l2fib_add_del,
-                        {'mac': self._convert_mac(mac),
+                        {'mac': mac,
                          'bd_id': bd_id,
                          'sw_if_index': sw_if_index,
                          'is_add': is_add,