2007/404 [QFE/HME merge]

[Garrett D'Amore]

Glenn Skinner wrote:
>     Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:47:48 -0700 (PDT)
>     From: "Garrett D'Amore" <gd78059 at sac.sfbay.sun.com>
>     Subject: QFE/HME merge [PSARC/2007/404 FastTrack timeout
> 	    07/18/2007]
>
>     I'm submitting the following on my own behalf; its another hme/qfe
>     related case.
>
>     ...
>     Sun Trunking Impact
>     -------------------
>
>     Customers with existing Sun Trunking configurations will, on
>     upgrade to Nevada (with this release) have their trunks destroyed,
>     so that only a single NIC (the active Trunk head) is plumbed.
>     Other former trunk members will not be plumbed.  The customer will
>     need to reconfigure link aggregation manually using dladm.
>     (However, the customer will now be able to use a larger set of
>     devices in trunks.)
>     ...
>
> I didn't see a release binding stated in the proposal.  Given the
> trunking impact outlined above, it seems that it has to be minor.
> Right?
>   

Doh, I should have mentioned that.  Yes, its minor binding.  (I wonder 
if that should be one of the standard questions that sac_nextcase asks.)

And not just because of trunking.  ndd scripts that use /dev/qfe will 
have to be updated to use /dev/qfeX (where X is the device instance number).

    -- Garret