Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:55:20 +0100 From: Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com> To: Sergey Vinogradov <boogie@lazybytes.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig output: ipv4 netmask format Message-ID: <20110408155520.GA40792@cheddar.urgle.com> In-Reply-To: <4D9F2C88.4010205@lazybytes.org> References: <4D9EFAC6.4020906@lazybytes.org> <7EA5889E-77EF-4BAE-9655-C33692A75602@bsdimp.com> <4D9F2C88.4010205@lazybytes.org>
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 07:40:56PM +0400, Sergey Vinogradov wrote: > On 08.04.2011 19:23, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:08 AM, Sergey Vinogradov wrote: > > If we really wanted to make it human readable, we'd output 10.2.3.4/24 > > So, maybe, while following the POLA, we should add an option, as Daniel > mentioned above? To output the CIDR? Non-contigous netmasks are legal in IPv4. What do you do if someone adds the CIDR flag but the netmask cannot be represented in CIDR notation? Cheers, Mike -- Mike Bristow mike@urgle.com
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