On 21 Nov 2023, at 19:35, Jamie Landeg-Jones wrote: > Mike Karels <m...@karels.net> wrote: > >> I have a proof of concept that makes the presumed original name >> (driver name + unit number) available to ifconfig, which prints >> the string with everything else in the standard output format. >> I don't think that is the right solution, but the other details >> should be easy. I'm tempted to print the driver name and unit >> number separately, although possibly as two words using the same >> option. It should probably be an option rather than a keyword, >> so something like this: >> >> # ifconfig -N interface-name >> igb 1 >> # >> >> Or the unit number could be on a separate option. >> >> Comments? > > I prefer that idea to the use of "groups" (which can be modified anyway), > though in your example, that should be documented as "driver name" not > "interface name", seeing that the returned value is not actually now > the interface name!
Here, interface-name was a placeholder for the current name of the interface. My newer code prints "drivername: igb1" at the end of the list of values for "ifconfig $interface-name" or "ifconfig -a" if the -D option is given. I decided that it was better to be able to get all the translations at once (for humans, anyway). Mike > (Similary, if a keyword is decided upon, it should be "driver-name" > not "interface-name") > > I realise that writing "interface-name" was probably just muscle-memory, > but just wanted clarification. > > No opinion on where to display the unit number - whatever works out > better for you. > > Cheers, Jamie