From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E648E42395; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:19:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEC6E40E25; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:19:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-pl1-f182.google.com (mail-pl1-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71C6B4021E for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:19:36 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-pl1-f182.google.com with SMTP id w3so14419650ply.3 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:19:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:to:from :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=dTCsXl2rRR8DtK4W2IkNldrRYriqKaDmafhF4+4b284=; b=0sqF3M85PVFRDyApfRLBp92nB/8LW23ToVW0BOmL9gzgcEQrOn95fHNFGvGUqBop7/ xmIvoFdv85T76FaNxvyz1dwa4Zqz6Fb5dSDyzJD9ddTOO06YeWDwz+yVu9PVkTIdF4PW umAX68aUOzak1kpkboIvG5sHivO2MPXaRJ1lXuF+3W5LJhtgGta1M4EiBuoS4td+LfW/ JRagnEPxqHCs5e3SG1s+vD3onRg7bLHgShPpysDHD9MK2x8WRUGsY3/nILaum8MjkH+R tREnGjB2MoOg8N9ahv9UaxeqYLIiTZT+4ApJCgY3Wge3kok0DSUu7BdCNtOxENkdn5qC 1mvw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:subject:to:from :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=dTCsXl2rRR8DtK4W2IkNldrRYriqKaDmafhF4+4b284=; b=h9BeUKONxjta5Pp7Lzi4FnBjFs1Qm1cPIng0Qg1PDUypsj2cWg5+y+HeWC5Z2uzV0K BJyIbH/8vpM4FzoKCF8P633trbsth9+yRBClMw4VmoV3I/C/pUYp8kF3HqNBrwON70Cd QIwYqPvolYYMVQDzx5MYTsTos9BaaGZewB1GnjEGIxiR1JfPmq1YCbFbqWxRBEb1uYOX XW9savbJWruxDtzRnwIsxAMExiva5uaCx4AUvfZdJMC+SOAlxQBx+hUHuQ//+o1uOBW2 5WFVD6WCKPTImSEFeYdHLs3vGz+RcMEpsOriUco8ntoNJ77fTp90FG9iqfpoOeMt/9pA xVYQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2ko9d21ZqbMO8ajn+oDvvb8g51/ysPzljwLZvsARmN1CUSoc4d0B ealbS9RygX3+9Y2RLTq6k+Y5JJdbiU0TEHmv9jw= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXvTxCgn4qL34A8YMmAn9togLJPJEysV9f/VRpRT00DdJtb2H+Bohh0hmJsGbzK6Jwsl/TgsHQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:8688:b0:189:77c1:b5a7 with SMTP id g8-20020a170902868800b0018977c1b5a7mr65882361plo.41.1673381975346; Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:19:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-120-218.wavecable.com. [204.195.120.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u3-20020a17090341c300b00192f4fbdeb5sm8562782ple.102.2023.01.10.12.19.34 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:19:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:19:33 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: dev@dpdk.org Subject: TODO - remove dependency on ifconfig Message-ID: <20230110121933.2e0989fa@hermes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org It would be good if DTS and DPDK docs and test did not use the ifconfig command. Ifconfig is not maintained and is deprecated. Some distros have stopped shipping it. Ifconfig only used ioctl's and was never updated to handle the many kinds of interfaces and devices in Linux. The documentation part is relatively straight forward, but there are lots of calls to ifconfig in DTS.