> sowmini.varadhan at sun.com wrote: > >> SCF isn't being discarded either. There are many models on the table >> between nwam, clearview, vrrp, Brussels, ... for dealing with an "smf >> networking" service- I think Clearview, for example, has a long-term >> desirable goal of treating each interface as an SMF service. The plan >> is that when the design of the smf service gels out to fit the needs of >> all the related projects, then we can move all the *.conf files into >> the appropriate smf repository. > > > I'm curious about the underlying rationale of this, > treating each IP interface as an SMF service. Is
Yeah, as meem pointed out, there are problems with this model as well, and there are many different ways to deal with the "networking" service that need to be evaluated. > BTW, I hope removing the *.conf files and using SMF > repository is not a reason for this. that happens as a side-effect, and achieves one of the desirables from moving to smf. --Sowmini
