On 4/8/11 5:40 PM, Sergey Vinogradov wrote: > 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? >
Seconded :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
