On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:03:57PM -0700, Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
>
>>> ifconfig <link> plumb
>>> dladm init-linkprop <link>
>>>
>>> We propose that this happens automatically each time a link is plumbed.
>>
>> How do I, as an admin, plumb an interface with no configuration for
>> diagnostic purposes?
>>
>> It should also be noted that it is common practice in fora such as IRC
>> to tell users to "ifconfig -a plumb" as a somewhat harmless way to
>> divine what interfaces they have. Is this now potentially unsafe?
>
> I think it is neither safer or unsafer. Functionally this is similar to
> today's driver.conf properties: say, you have jumbo frames enabled in
> bge.conf and you want to plumb bge0 without jumbo frames, what do you do?
> Same with setting "mtu" with dladm set-linkprop. Temporarily remove
> unwanted configuration bits and later restore them.
>
> Properties can be both pushed and pulled, and while you could theoretically
> ask userland not to push certain properties into the drivers, forbidding
> drivers to actively retrieve properties when they need them might be too
> tricky.
Seems I have misunderstood what a property actually is; if they're
bge.conf type things then I'm happy.
Ceri
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-- Moliere
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