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

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Message-ID: <CAJieiUgwHvPG7LMFwjEysDxbcWnGbMhkyWikW3Y4Ue51oFWfxQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:23:56 -0700
From:	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
	"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 11:10 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:53:44 +0200
> 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.
>
> Try using netlink in perl or python, it is quite difficult.

yep, ++