[brussels-dev] Brussels framework enhancements to get/set defaults [PSARC/2008/175 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Peter Memishian]

 > Okay, except that Brussels currently only has per-link tunables.  
 > Meaning there is no master repository of "defaults" for all links, or 
 > all links of a certain class.  I believe the desire for system-wide 
 > defaults may have merit (not entirely convinced, and I see problems with 
 > it), but it definitely falls outside of the scope of what we're talking 
 > about here -- which are defaults for a *given instance* (link), and 
 > which come from specific hardware in question.

While many link properties are derived from hardware, some are strictly
software entities -- e.g. autopush configuration.

 > I *think* we're approaching convergence here.  I'd be happy to see 
 > DLIOCSETPROP with DLD_DEFAULT removed from the spec, not worrying about 
 > atomicity, and keep it simple for now.
 > 
 > We can explore other ideas, such as system-wide defaults, later.

Agreed.

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meem