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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 net-next v4 0/5] bridge: json support for fdb
 and vlan show
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:10:47 -0700
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:53:44 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:

> Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 03:45:50PM CEST, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com wrote:
> >From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@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.

Try using netlink in perl or python, it is quite difficult.