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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:07:36 -0700 From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> To: Jens Rosenboom <jens@...one.net> Cc: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>, Linux Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] ipv6: Change %pI6 format to output compacted addresses? On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 15:52 +0200, Jens Rosenboom wrote: > On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 03:39 -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > You'll need to invent a new %p qualifier type to allow > > compressed representation. Your patch will change current uses > > with seq_<foo> output in net, which could break userspace. > > Would it be possible to transform this to using %pi6, as most of teh > seq_* stuff already does? No. There are applications that depend on the current output representation. I think it should be done with something like "%pi6c" rather than using another %p character because there are a limited number of single characters available. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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