On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:53 AM, Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> wrote: > Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 03:45:50PM CEST, ro...@cumulusnetworks.com wrote: >>From: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com> >> >>This patch series adds json support for a few bridge show commands. >>We plan to follow up with json support for additional commands soon. > > I'm just curious, what is you use case for this? Apps can use rtnetlink > socket directly.
most important use case is for automation/orchestration tools. They use existing linux tools to query and configure. Iproute2 output is not machine readable today ...and json is industry standard.
