[netcf-devel] dumpxml output format of resulting xml file

Hi All, I am looking inside /test/interface/ at ethernet-dhcp.xml and ethernet-static.xml: [1]ethernet-dhcp.xml <interface type="ethernet" name="eth0"> <start mode="none"/> <mac address="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff"/> <mtu size="1492"/> <protocol family="ipv4"> <dhcp/><!-- peerdns="no"/>--> </protocol> </interface> [2]ethernet-static.xml <interface type="ethernet" name="eth1"> <start mode="onboot"/> <protocol family="ipv4"> <ip address="192.168.0.5" prefix="24"/> <route gateway="192.168.0.1"/> </protocol> </interface> What I understand is, when "dumpxml em0" is called, if em0 is an ethernet interface whose address has been provided by dhcp, the o/p *must* look like [1] and if address is statically allocated, o/p *must* look like [2]. Please correct me if that is not accurate. I want to understand rationale behind this format. How are these decided. For example, why "mac address" and "mtu size" do not matter in [2]? Thanks for all the work and help, Hiren