+u16
+vl_client_get_first_plugin_msg_id (char *plugin_name)
+{
+ api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+ vl_api_msg_range_t *rp;
+ uword *p;
+
+ p = hash_get_mem (am->msg_range_by_name, plugin_name);
+ if (p == 0)
+ return ~0;
+
+ rp = vec_elt_at_index (am->msg_ranges, p[0]);
+
+ return (rp->first_msg_id);
+}
+
+uword
+unformat_sw_if_index (unformat_input_t * input, va_list * args)
+{
+ u32 *result = va_arg (*args, u32 *);
+ vnet_main_t *vnm = vnet_get_main ();
+ u32 sw_if_index = ~0;
+ u8 *if_name;
+ uword *p;
+
+ if (unformat (input, "%U", unformat_vnet_sw_interface, vnm, &sw_if_index))
+ {
+ *result = sw_if_index;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+