netdev - Re: [PATCH][ROSE][NETROM] display neigh instead of address

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Date:	Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:00:09 +0100
From:	pidoux <bpidoux@...e.fr>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	f6bvp@...e.fr, ralf@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hams@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][ROSE][NETROM] display neigh instead of address

David Miller a écrit :
> From: Bernard Pidoux F6BVP <f6bvp@...e.fr>
> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:45:03 +0100
>
>   
>> I submit the following patch against kernel 2.6.24.3 to replace
>> labels "addr" in /proc/net/rose_neigh and /proc/net/nr_neigh
>> by labels "neigh" for the display of neighbour numbers in the
>> first columns.
>>
>> This makes the reading of proc more consistent with the labels of
>> /proc/net/rose_nodes and /proc/net/nr_nodes.
>> Finding the callsign of a given node neighbour number becomes easier.
>>     
>
> I'm not so sure there is much value to this.
> "address", "neigh", it's all about the same.
>
> Yes, it's inconsistent in various areas, but procfs
> output is like a fixed API with userspace and we generally
> cannot change it without potentially breaking userspace.
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>   
I thought that the patch would only affect /proc/net/rose and 
/proc/net/netrom, not /proc/net.
However I understand your objection.
Meanwhile application programs can deal with the present labels as far 
as we keep in mind that "addr" and "neigh" are talking about the same thing.
Thanks for the explanation.

Bernard Pidoux

 
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