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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 17:07:31 -0400
From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc: nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [iproute2 net-next v2 0/3] ip netconf improvements
On 3/23/17 10:51 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> Currently, ip netconf only shows data for ipv4 and ipv6 for dumps
> and just ipv4 for device requests. Improve the user experience by
> using the new kernel patch to dump all address families that have
> registered. For example, if mpls_router module is loaded then mpls
> values are displayed along with ipv4 and ipv6.
>
> If the new feature is not supported (new iproute2 on older kernel)
> the kernel returns the nlmsg error EOPNOTSUPP which can be trapped
> and fallback to existing behavior.
>
> v2
> - fixed index conversion in patch 3 per nicholas' comment
>
> David Ahern (3):
> netlink: Add flag to suppress print of nlmsg error
> ip netconf: Show all address families by default in dumps
> ip netconf: show all families on dev request
>
> include/libnetlink.h | 1 +
> ip/ipnetconf.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> lib/libnetlink.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
Hi Stephen: any comments? are you ok with this change?
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