> > > I suggest a fifth possibility with two variants: > > > > > > 5. Leave the global variable alone. It becomes the 'default' for > > > newly-plumbed interfaces. Interfaces can be configured away from > > > that value, but the global doesn't reflect those changes. > > > > I'm concerned about a model where the global variable continues to serve a > > userful function that cannot be otherwise filled. That is, unless the > > "wildcard" mode you spoke of in a subsequent email does in fact include > > all future IP interfaces, > > That's correct. Absence of interface name in 'ipadm' command means all > the current interfaces and all the future interfaces. > > To apply certain per-interface tunable, on few/all current interfaces, > the user could always write a script to loop through all the desired > interface and set that tunable one interface at a time.
OK that sounds fine. -- meem
