diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif/internal.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif/internal.h
index 4a055343aa3262f0150d9238eb76ef992d9c5397..2b07074613b5aa7b4a102056a6d4dce11e6b1c3d 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif/internal.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/netif/internal.h
@@ -426,6 +426,59 @@ static inline bool gnrc_netif_is_6lbr(const gnrc_netif_t *netif)
*/
netopt_t gnrc_netif_get_l2addr_opt(const gnrc_netif_t *netif);
+/**
+ * @brief Converts a given hardware address to an EUI-64.
+ *
+ * @attention When the link-layer of the interface has link-layer addresses, and
+ * `NDEBUG` is not defined, the node fails with an assertion instead
+ * returning `-ENOTSUP`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] netif The network interface @p addr came from (either as
+ * gnrc_netif_t::l2addr or from a packet that came over
+ * it).
+ * @param[in] addr A hardware address.
+ * @param[in] addr_len Number of bytes in @p addr.
+ * @param[out] eui64 The EUI-64 based on gnrc_netif_t::device_type
+ *
+ * @return `sizeof(eui64_t)` on success.
+ * @return `-ENOTSUP`, when gnrc_netif_t::device_type of @p netif does not
+ * support IID conversion.
+ * @return `-EINVAL`, when @p addr_len is invalid for the
+ * gnrc_netif_t::device_type of @p netif.
+ */
+int gnrc_netif_eui64_from_addr(const gnrc_netif_t *netif,
+ const uint8_t *addr, size_t addr_len,
+ eui64_t *eui64);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Converts an interface EUI-64 from an interface's hardware address
+ *
+ * @param[in] netif The network interface @p eui64 came from
+ * @param[out] eui64 The EUI-64 based on gnrc_netif_t::device_type
+ *
+ * @note This wraps around @ref gnrc_netif_eui64_from_addr by using by using
+ * gnrc_netif_t::l2addr and gnrc_netif_t::l2addr_len of @p netif.
+ *
+ * @return `sizeof(eui64_t)` on success.
+ * @return `-ENOTSUP`, if interface has no link-layer address or if
+ * gnrc_netif_t::device_type is not supported.
+ * @return `-EINVAL`, when gnrc_netif_t::l2addr_len of @p netif is invalid for
+ * the gnrc_netif_t::device_type of @p netif.
+ */
+static inline int gnrc_netif_get_eui64(gnrc_netif_t *netif, eui64_t *eui64)
+{
+#if GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0
+ if (netif->flags & GNRC_NETIF_FLAGS_HAS_L2ADDR) {
+ return gnrc_netif_eui64_from_addr(netif,
+ netif->l2addr, netif->l2addr_len,
+ eui64);
+ }
+#endif /* GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0 */
+ (void)netif;
+ (void)eui64;
+ return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
#if defined(MODULE_GNRC_IPV6) || defined(DOXYGEN)
/**
* @brief Initialize IPv6 MTU and other packet length related members of
@@ -438,6 +491,9 @@ void gnrc_netif_ipv6_init_mtu(gnrc_netif_t *netif);
/**
* @brief Converts a given hardware address to an IPv6 IID.
*
+ * @note The IPv6 IID is derived from the EUI-64 for most link-layers by
+ * flipping the U/L bit.
+ * @see [RFC 2464, section 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2464#section-4)
* @attention When the link-layer of the interface has link-layer addresses, and
* `NDEBUG` is not defined, the node fails with an assertion instead
* returning `-ENOTSUP`.
@@ -492,6 +548,9 @@ int gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_to_addr(const gnrc_netif_t *netif, const eui64_t *iid,
* @param[in] netif The network interface @p iid came from
* @param[out] iid The IID based on gnrc_netif_t::device_type
*
+ * @note The IPv6 IID is derived from the EUI-64 for most link-layers by
+ * flipping the U/L bit.
+ * @see [RFC 2464, section 4](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2464#section-4)
* @note This wraps around @ref gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_from_addr by using
* by using gnrc_netif_t::l2addr and gnrc_netif_t::l2addr_len of
* @p netif.
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif_device_type.c b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif_device_type.c
index 4321706fed8b7cc35a944c8c5cf0f0a5b773dc0c..838d43de48524156587679e3bdcaee20d4bdf9f1 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif_device_type.c
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/netif/gnrc_netif_device_type.c
@@ -54,6 +54,81 @@ netopt_t gnrc_netif_get_l2addr_opt(const gnrc_netif_t *netif)
return res;
}
+#if defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN)
+static void _create_eui64_from_short(const uint8_t *addr, size_t addr_len,
+ eui64_t *eui64)
+{
+ const unsigned offset = sizeof(eui64_t) - addr_len;
+
+ memset(eui64->uint8, 0, sizeof(eui64->uint8));
+ eui64->uint8[3] = 0xff;
+ eui64->uint8[4] = 0xfe;
+ memcpy(&eui64->uint8[offset], addr, addr_len);
+}
+#endif /* defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN) */
+
+int gnrc_netif_eui64_from_addr(const gnrc_netif_t *netif,
+ const uint8_t *addr, size_t addr_len,
+ eui64_t *eui64)
+{
+#if GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0
+ if (netif->flags & GNRC_NETIF_FLAGS_HAS_L2ADDR) {
+ switch (netif->device_type) {
+#if defined(MODULE_NETDEV_ETH) || defined(MODULE_ESP_NOW) || \
+ defined(MODULE_NORDIC_SOFTDEVICE_BLE)
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_ETHERNET:
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_ESP_NOW:
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_BLE:
+ if (addr_len == sizeof(eui48_t)) {
+ eui48_to_eui64(eui64, (const eui48_t *)addr);
+ return sizeof(eui64_t);
+ }
+ else {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+#endif /* defined(MODULE_NETDEV_ETH) || defined(MODULE_ESP_NOW) */
+#if defined(MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154) || defined(MODULE_XBEE)
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_IEEE802154:
+ switch (addr_len) {
+ case IEEE802154_SHORT_ADDRESS_LEN: {
+ netdev_t *dev = netif->dev;
+ return dev->driver->get(dev, NETOPT_ADDRESS_LONG, eui64,
+ sizeof(eui64_t));
+ }
+ case IEEE802154_LONG_ADDRESS_LEN:
+ memcpy(eui64, addr, addr_len);
+ return sizeof(eui64_t);
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+#endif /* defined(MODULE_NETDEV_IEEE802154) || defined(MODULE_XBEE) */
+#if defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN)
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_CC110X:
+ case NETDEV_TYPE_NRFMIN:
+ if (addr_len <= 3) {
+ _create_eui64_from_short(addr, addr_len, eui64);
+ return sizeof(eui64_t);
+ }
+ else {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+#endif /* defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN) */
+ default:
+ (void)addr;
+ (void)addr_len;
+ (void)eui64;
+#ifdef DEVELHELP
+ LOG_ERROR("gnrc_netif: can't convert hardware address to EUI-64"
+ " on interface %u\n", netif->pid);
+#endif /* DEVELHELP */
+ assert(false);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+#endif /* GNRC_NETIF_L2ADDR_MAXLEN > 0 */
+ return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
#ifdef MODULE_GNRC_IPV6
void gnrc_netif_ipv6_init_mtu(gnrc_netif_t *netif)
{
@@ -122,19 +197,6 @@ void gnrc_netif_ipv6_init_mtu(gnrc_netif_t *netif)
#endif
}
-#if defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN)
-static void _create_eui64_from_short(const uint8_t *addr, size_t addr_len,
- eui64_t *eui64)
-{
- const unsigned offset = sizeof(eui64_t) - addr_len;
-
- memset(eui64->uint8, 0, sizeof(eui64->uint8));
- eui64->uint8[3] = 0xff;
- eui64->uint8[4] = 0xfe;
- memcpy(&eui64->uint8[offset], addr, addr_len);
-}
-#endif /* defined(MODULE_CC110X) || defined(MODULE_NRFMIN) */
-
int gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_from_addr(const gnrc_netif_t *netif,
const uint8_t *addr, size_t addr_len,
eui64_t *iid)