Seb, Maybe this is better, but I have question ...
I imagine the one-line format works fine for the three properties we have now because they fit in 80 or so columns. But if for some reason we added more later would this present a problem with output that is too wide? Would we have to do something akin to what show-ether does? I gather you sort of get the basic info without -x. And then get "extended" stuff with -x ending up as multi-line output. I just want to understand if we are possibly committing to a future -x type solution too, if we go this way. -ted > I don't have a problem with the properties themselves, but the output > format seems rather strange. Presumably, the properties will show up in > show-linkprop in a format similar (but not quite the same) as that as > shown above, so it doesn't seem valuable to have this type of > one-property per line format. Instead, I'd expect these properties to > show up as follows in the show-linkprop output: > > LINK PROPERTY PERM VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE > ibd0 partition r- ffff -- -- > ibd0 broadcast r- on on on,off > ibd0 guid r- 2c9030001c86c -- -- > ibd1 partition r- ... > > Then, to make things more legible for IB-specific output (analogous to > the show-ether Ethernet-specific output), something like this in > show-ib: > > LINK PARTITION BROADCAST GUID > ibd0 ffff on 2c9030001c86c > ibd1 abcd off 2134123412341 > ibd2 ... > > That way, we don't have a subcommand that is almost totally without > value beyond what show-linkprop shows, and one can get a nice IB > overview without too much clutter with show-ib. -- Ted H. Kim Sun Microsystems, Inc. ted.kim at sun.com 222 North Sepulveda Blvd., 10th Floor (310) 341-1116 El Segundo, CA 90245 (310) 341-1120 FAX
