Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:40:56 +0400 From: Sergey Vinogradov <boogie@lazybytes.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ifconfig output: ipv4 netmask format Message-ID: <4D9F2C88.4010205@lazybytes.org> In-Reply-To: <7EA5889E-77EF-4BAE-9655-C33692A75602@bsdimp.com> References: <4D9EFAC6.4020906@lazybytes.org> <7EA5889E-77EF-4BAE-9655-C33692A75602@bsdimp.com>
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On 08.04.2011 19:23, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2011, at 6:08 AM, 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? > > This is a gratuitous change that would break scripts. Hex has been used for a very long time, and most people know how to cope. > > If we really wanted to make it human readable, we'd output 10.2.3.4/24 > > Warner So, maybe, while following the POLA, we should add an option, as Daniel mentioned above? To output the CIDR? -- wbr, Boo
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