> > > Assuming that we can't get a full "running versus saved configuration" > > > model for SMF, I think that the cleanest way to allow for the usual > > > sorts of "temporary" configuration is to make the SMF snapshot > > > mechanism more visible and usable within these other utilities. That > > > would allow the user to ask useful questions, such as "what's the > > > difference between the configuration I'm using now and the one I have > > > set up for next boot?" > > > > To solve the reboot-to-reset/panic/abrupt-power-failure > > issues what if we follow that analogy and have a snapshot > > of the ipadm-related configuration at boot time, to allow the > > admin to reset to some known configuration, and otherwise > > make all ipadm related configuration persistent? > > Yes, that's essentially the idea. I don't know how often you'll need > or want new snapshots (is boot time alone enough? probably not), but I > suspect that exposing them in some way to users so that they can > choose what they're going to keep would be a good idea.
Further, if you have something like this (also with dladm), the current RCM code could make use of it rather than having its own configuration shantytown. -- meem
