Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 2/4] tc: m_ife: print IEEE ethertype format

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:37:34 -0700

On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:18:04 -0400
Jamal Hadi Salim <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Alex,
> 
> I think we should get rid of these fprintfs instead of fixing them.
> They were originally intended to be debug outputs.
> 
> cheers,
> jamal
> 
> On 17-08-28 03:07 PM, Alexander Aring wrote:
> > This patch uses the usually IEEE format to display an ethertype which is
> > 4-digits and every digit in upper case.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <[email-masked]>
> > ---
> >   tc/m_ife.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tc/m_ife.c b/tc/m_ife.c
> > index e05e2276..7b57130e 100644
> > --- a/tc/m_ife.c
> > +++ b/tc/m_ife.c
> > @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static int parse_ife(struct action_util *a, int *argc_p, char ***argv_p,
> >   			NEXT_ARG();
> >   			if (get_u16(&ife_type, *argv, 0))
> >   				invarg("ife type is invalid", *argv);
> > -			fprintf(stderr, "IFE type 0x%x\n", ife_type);
> > +			fprintf(stderr, "IFE type 0x%04X\n", ife_type);
> >   			user_type = 1;
> >   		} else if (matches(*argv, "dst") == 0) {
> >   			NEXT_ARG();
> >   
> 

For iproute commands the show output is supposed to match the corresponding set inputs.