netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip/link_vti*.c: Fix output for ikey/okey

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2017 15:38:15 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Christian Langrock <christian.langrock@...unet.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip/link_vti*.c: Fix output for ikey/okey

On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 11:59:28 +0200
Christian Langrock <christian.langrock@...unet.com> wrote:

> ikey and okey are normal u32 values. There's no reason to print them as
> IPv4/IPv6 addresses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Langrock <christian.langrock@...unet.com>

Changing output format breaks scripts that parse output.
But on the other hand, the VTI code breaks the assumption that ip command
output should be the same as input.

More likely the original output format was done to match Cisco output.

Why not print in hex like fwmark?

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