Re: [PATCH][ROSE][NETROM] display neigh instead of address
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2008-03-04 04:53:04
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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2008-03-04 04:53:04
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From: Bernard Pidoux F6BVP <redacted> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:45:03 +0100
I submit the following patch against kernel 2.6.24.3 to replace labels "addr" in /proc/net/rose_neigh and /proc/net/nr_neigh by labels "neigh" for the display of neighbour numbers in the first columns. This makes the reading of proc more consistent with the labels of /proc/net/rose_nodes and /proc/net/nr_nodes. Finding the callsign of a given node neighbour number becomes easier.
I'm not so sure there is much value to this. "address", "neigh", it's all about the same. Yes, it's inconsistent in various areas, but procfs output is like a fixed API with userspace and we generally cannot change it without potentially breaking userspace.