Hi Sarah, On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Sarah Jelinek wrote:
> So, a few things I wanted to comment on with regard to this: > > -system configuration is system configuration. Yes, this is technically an > administrative task, but applying system configuration to a booted microroot, > that is applying configuration that does not require reboot such as network > setup, is the same as applying it to a live system, imo. > > -Asking the user to type in a command in a shell or terminal window seems > like not a great user experience to me. Having them utilize the front end we > provide via our installers and having the configuration apply to the booted > environment if the user chooses seems like a better user experience. > > -We do some 'configuration' up front now, and apply it to the booted install > environment, such as keyboard and language. Why would this be different for > something like networking. We don't ask the user to open a shell and type in > a command to do this, we mask it behind screens. > > For me, applying system configuration should be the same, if at all possible, > in all environments. Applying a network configuration via SMF and having the > network service apply that in the microroot seems reasonable to me. Those are actually all very valid points. So I agree with you that at this point we shouldn't rule out the installers (interactive or AI), needing to change the network configuration in the installation environment in addition to the install target. In terms of this functionality having a requirement on the sysconfig proposal - I don't there needs to be one. Sysconfig should just be able to apply the configuration in the installation environment similar to how it would do in the install target. That is, in both instances it will just deliver the eSMF profile in the appropriate place and kick the respective SMF component(s) to effect the changes. However, it does bring about a requirement on the network configuration services in that they need to be able to deal with changing the network configuration on a running system. Jan, is that something you can bring up with the networking team as you're working with them on network configuration? Thanks, Alok
