[brussels-dev] [networking-discuss] Brussels Phase II aka ipadm design review [20-31 March 2009]

[Steven Stallion]

Girish M G wrote:
> We are inviting everyone involved with networking to review the design
> document for Brussels Phase II aka /ipadm(1M).  /The document is here:
> 
>    http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/brussels/files/brussels2.pdf
> 
> Comments, from the community, on the first phase of the design review
> are incorporated in the latest design document. Also we have updated the
> document based on the few technical/architectural discussions that took
> place in the community. Thank you guys.
> 
> Quick highlights on what has changed:
>    (a) /ipadm(1M)/ CLI changes, persistence & temporary operations
> handling (section 2)
>    (b) library data store access (section 4.1)
>    (c) legacy support of 'ndd' tunables (section 3.1)
> (Note: Everything other than Section 1 has changed)
> 
> The comment period begins today and ends on the 31st of March. We would
> really appreciate your comments in the timely manner :-).
> 
> You can browse our project web page for some reference materials.
>    http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/brussels/

A few questions:

Would it be possible to add in some verbiage about the persistence
lifecycle for driver developers?

Are persisted interface properties assigned post-plumb but pre-up?

Does the modification of properties and runtime stay the same as in Phase I?

Regards,

Steve