Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 01:46:50 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to put extra RSTP info Message-ID: <200610040146.56246.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <20061003232716.GJ21444@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <20061003232716.GJ21444@heff.fud.org.nz>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wednesday 04 October 2006 01:27, Andrew Thompson wrote: > The new RSTP code I have been working on has more info that can be > shown and tweaked by the network admin when setting up the layer2 topo. > I now have the problem of what utility to stuff it into. > > a) ifconfig > b) netstat > c) some new util like bridgestat > > I realise that ifconfig is for setting the interface config and should > not be abused. I don't think this is true anymore. Our ifconfig has moved to a more complex management app since the merge with wicontrol (or since we imported wicontrol functionality into ifconfig) - and I think this is a good trend. Instead of having many different config apps for each type of interface. You could hide the less interesting information behind -v or a new switch in order to not pollute ifconfig's default use case too much. > I am tempted to add a new util, here is an example of > what I need to show. > > Spanning Tree Parameters for bridge0 > Protocol : IEEE 802.1W (Rapid STP), > Priority : 32768 (0x8000), > Bridge ID : 8000-00:d0:95:8e:56:7e, > Designated Root : 8000-00:04:75:d1:f8:98, > Cost to Root Bridge : 0, > Root Port : None, > Next Best Root Cost : 100, > Next Best Root Port : 8000-00:d0:95:aa:bb:cc, > Hold Time : 1, > Topology Changes : 98, > Topology age : 5:02:36 > > Interface 1 > Role : Designated > Link type : Point to Point > ... > > Interface 2 > Role : Alternate > Link type : Shared > ... At least the short per-interface status certainly belongs into ifconfig's default output - IMHO. > Any suggestions? I'd go for a new switch to ifconfig, that takes an interface name as (optional) argument and then prints above information (for the bridge specified in the argument). -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFIvZwXyyEoT62BG0RAoaPAJ9RrWXCGKWf4MEX/EirmQ9lunY14gCcDwjK 39+DaaNylErKY4iDriXyjqY= =kRY0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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