> > > Peter Memishian wrote: >> Given that aggregations also mac addresses, tunnels have endpoint >> addresses, and VNICs will have mac addresses, I think the picture >> is even muddier. Maybe show-link should show the mac address (which >> for e.g. VLANs would just be the mac address of the underlying link)?
On (11/02/07 15:45), Nicolas Droux wrote: > Part of what we want to do is not only show the primary MAC address but > also the MAC address slots usage and factory MAC addresses available. > > Another factor to consider is that an ethernet address is not one of the > main objects managed by dladm (such as aggregations, links, etc), so it > seems that a new option of an existing command like show-link would be more > appropriate. I agree that the ethernet address is not an object managed by dladm, but more of an instance of the "link-layer address" property of the link. So yes, show-link seems an appropriate sub-command to display this. Here's the proposed output: # dladm show-link LINK CLASS MTU STATE OVER ADDRESS bge0 phys 1500 up -- X:X:X:X:X --Sowmini
