> > > If you don't have any flows configured on an interface then the > > priority > > > for that link would be by default *high* (and hence the packets > > > received/transmitted by the interface). > > > > > > bash-3.2# dladm show-linkprop e1000g0 | egrep "(priority|LINK)" > > > LINK PROPERTY VALUE DEFAULT POSSIBLE > > > e1000g0 priority -- High > > Low,Medium,High > > > > If the default is "high", why isn't the value shown as "high"? If the > > intent is to show that the default is being used, then we should invent a > > syntax to do that, rather than overload "--" (which for some properties is > > itself a valid value that may have been explicitly chosen by the admin). > > (Also, what's with the capitalization? I don't recall this for any > > existing link properties.) > > > Correct, the possible values shouldn't be capitalized to be consistent > with other link properties. Further the default value needs to be > reiterated under the *VALUE* column like all other link properties. I > will open a P4 CR to track this.
Great, thanks. To be clear: I think there is value in having a way to indicate that the default is being used. (If nothing else, internally it's important when upgrading to bits that have changed the default.) I've cc'd brussels-dev here in case they're already tracking such an RFE. -- meem
