> Okay, except that Brussels currently only has per-link tunables. > Meaning there is no master repository of "defaults" for all links, or > all links of a certain class. I believe the desire for system-wide > defaults may have merit (not entirely convinced, and I see problems with > it), but it definitely falls outside of the scope of what we're talking > about here -- which are defaults for a *given instance* (link), and > which come from specific hardware in question.
While many link properties are derived from hardware, some are strictly software entities -- e.g. autopush configuration. > I *think* we're approaching convergence here. I'd be happy to see > DLIOCSETPROP with DLD_DEFAULT removed from the spec, not worrying about > atomicity, and keep it simple for now. > > We can explore other ideas, such as system-wide defaults, later. Agreed. -- meem
