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Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 09:48:15 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To:     Haim Boozaglo <haimbo@mellanox.com>
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Subject: Re: "ibstat -l" displays CA device list in an unsorted order
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On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 08:06:56PM +0200, Haim Boozaglo wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When running "ibstat" or "ibstat -l", the output of CA device list
> is displayed in an unsorted order.
>
> Before pull request #561, ibstat displayed the CA device list sorted in
> alphabetical order.
>
> The problem is that users expect to have the output sorted in alphabetical
> order and now they get it not as expected (in an unsorted order).

Do we have anything written in official man pages about this expectation?
I don't think so, there is nothing "to fix".

Thanks

>
> Best Regards,
> Haim Boozaglo.