netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 net-next v4 0/5] bridge: json support for fdb and vlan show

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:41:52 -0700
From:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anuradha Karuppiah <anuradhak@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Julien Fortin <julien@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 net-next v4 0/5] bridge: json support for fdb and
 vlan show

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 03:45:50PM CEST, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com wrote:
>>From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>>
>>This patch series adds json support for a few bridge show commands.
>>We plan to follow up with json support for additional commands soon.
>
> I'm just curious, what is you use case for this? Apps can use rtnetlink
> socket directly.

most important use case is for automation/orchestration tools.
They use existing linux tools to query and configure. Iproute2 output
is not machine
readable today ...and json is industry standard.