Re: [PATCH net-next v3 12/13] tools: ynl: decode hex input

Donald Hunter <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:01:48 +0100

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Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <[email protected]> writes:

> This patch adds support for decoding hex input, so
> that binary attributes can be read through --json.
>
> Example (using future wireguard.yaml):
>  $ sudo ./tools/net/ynl/pyynl/cli.py --family wireguard \
>    --do set-device --json '{"ifindex":3,
>      "private-key":"2a ae 6c 35 c9 4f cf <... to 32 bytes>"}'
>
> In order to somewhat mirror what is done in _formatted_string(),
> then for non-binary attributes attempt to convert it to an int.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <[email protected]>