On 13:41 Sat 17 Nov , Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 06:30:17AM -0800, Hal Rosenstock wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 12:37 +0200, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote: > > > As stated in bug#504 (https://bugs.openfabrics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504) > > > lid output format unification is needed. Print LIDs as decimal in > > > ibtracert. > > > > I'd prefer to see this done as some sort of option. Also, I think hex is > > better for MLIDs. > > FWIW, we consistently use hex notation in our switch products in the > format '0x10/16' which specifies both the LMC and the LID in a compact > manner. > > Since both GIDs, GUIDs and MACs are printed in hex, choosing decimal for lid > seems like an inconsistent choice to me. It also makes it harder to > read out the LMC bits. > > Also, this same kind of unification is needed for GID's. They should > always be printed and accepted in IPv6 format, not 128 bit > decimal.
Not sure this was discussed explicitly (probably it should be). My feeling based on the feedback from people (emails, opened bugs, etc) was that desired *IDs formats are decimal for LIDs, LMC and hexadecimal for GUIDs, MLIDs. I don't remember that GID was discussed at all and I think that Jason's proposition about ipv6 format is first here. Any other opinions? Should *IDs formats be formalized at all? Thoughts? Sasha _______________________________________________ general mailing list general@lists.openfabrics.org http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
