[brussels-dev] Brussels: NDD compatiblity support [PSARC/2008/171 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Peter Memishian]

 > Ok, I will send you an updated spec soon (by tomorrow), but
 > here is a summary of what I see as the updates:
 > 
 > - s/DLD_PERM/MAC_PERM
 > - s/DLD_MAP/MAC_MAP
 > - MAC_PERM_* constants and MAC_MAP* constants will reside in
 >   <mac.h>
 > - mention that the private prop implementation of non-canonical
 >   ndd params must begin with a "_", and that the ndd shim
 >   will strip out (or add in) the "_" prefix for
 >   output (or input) names 
 > 
 > With this change, mac_register_private_prop() will indeed
 > register private props, so I don't think a name change is
 > warranted (meem?)

Seems fine to me.  Regarding the `name' parameter to
mac_register_priv_prop(): I presume the caller will not provide the `_',
and the framework will internally add it?  (And that a `dladm
show-linkprop' would show the leading underscore?)

 > A separate CR shall be filed to track the following:
 > "The larger question of where the information related to
 >  the DLD*PROP ioctls will reside, and how they shall be named
 >  (none of which are changed by this case) shall be dealt with
 >  in a separate case."

--
meem