[netcf-devel] [libvirt] [RFC] Reporting host interface status/statistics via netcf/libvirt, and listing active vs. inactive interfaces

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 05:47:44PM +0000, David Lutterkort wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 10:47 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > IMHO that results in a bad structure, because its anot associating
> > the related info together, eg having an separate element to turn
> > on/off IPV6, and then listing addresses:
> > 
> >    <address family='ipv6'/>
> >    <ip type='ipv6' address='2001:23::2' prefix='48'/>
> >    <ip type='ipv6' address='fe:33:55::33' prefix='64'/>
> > 
> > vs having the direct association
> > 
> >    <address family='ipv6'>
> >       <ip address='2001:23::2' prefix='48'/>
> >       <ip address='fe:33:55::33' prefix='64'/>
> >    </address>
> > 
> > the latter removes the redundancy from specifying address family in
> > multiple places
> 
> Ok .. I agree that we should have a container tag like that - we should
> probably call it <protocol/> though instead of <address/>
> 
>         <protocol family='ipv6'>
>           <ip .../>
>           <route .../>
>           ... other ipv6 specific settings ...
>         </protocol>

That naming works for me

Daniel
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