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Subject: Re: ifconfig output: ipv4 netmask format
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On 08.04.2011 16:08, Sergey Vinogradov wrote:
> Hi, hackers.
> I have a question: why ipv4 netmask is displayed by ifconfig in hex
> format? Isn't dot-decimal notation more human-readable? Will the
> attached patch break something in the very bad way?
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TWIMC: the patch adding the '-t' flag was sent to freebsd-current@ 
today. Should I duplicate it here?

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Boo