[clearview-discuss] [indiana-discuss] simplified network interface names for indiana?

[Stephen Hahn]

* Sebastien Roy <Sebastien.Roy at Sun.COM> [2008-04-24 19:51]:
> Stephen,
> 
> On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 09:56 -0700, Stephen Hahn wrote:
> > * Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> [2008-04-24 16:44]:
> > > However, it might be interesting to have a tool post-install that let
> > > you "rename" all the interfaces based on a policy.
> > 
> >   Agree strongly.
> 
> "Agree strongly" to me means "this proposal cannot integrate without
> this".  Would you mind elaborating on why you "agree strongly" and what
> you meant by that?  To me, it's an interesting thought, but I don't view
> this as crucial.  I actually don't think it would be that useful given
> that "dladm rename-link" does the job for those who need to rename their
> datalinks to something other than the default.

  It's a bulk agreement:  my strongest agreement was with the first two
  points (no install question; don't try to satisfy all parties).  A
  specific, *supported* tool to rotate into some other convention is
  *not* needed.  Pointing (from a FAQ or web page) to an unsupported
  script that loops through the interfaces invoking dladm(1M) would be
  nice, if one existed.

  - Stephen

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