Re: [PATCH ethtool-next 09/14] qsfp: Add JSON output handling to --module-info in SFF8636 modules
From: Gal Pressman <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-29 11:37:34
From: Gal Pressman <hidden>
Date: 2025-01-29 11:37:34
On 29/01/2025 0:13, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:23:42 +0000 Danielle Ratson wrote:quoted
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:56:30 +0200 Danielle Ratson wrote:quoted
+ open_json_object("extended_identifier"); + print_int(PRINT_JSON, "value", "0x%02x", + map->page_00h[SFF8636_EXT_ID_OFFSET]);Hm, why hex here? Priority for JSON output is to make it easy to handle in code, rather than easy to read. Hex strings need extra manual decoding, no?I kept the same convention as in the regular output. And as agreed in Daniel's design those hex fields remain hex fields and are followed by a description field. Do you think otherwise?I have a weak preference to never use hex strings. I have regretted using hex strings in JSON multiple times but haven't regretted using plain integers, yet.
+1, jq won't be able to parse such json.