Sebastien Roy wrote:
> Dan Groves wrote:
>> I used to have code to do that.  I discovered that it only worked 
>> through accident.  I decided to rip it out because as I investigated 
>> it, the code did seem to be needed at the time.  If it is needed, I 
>> can figure out how to do it right and add it.
> 
> I think it is useful.  Consider that devices attach at every boot and 
> thus go through that mac_linkmgmt_create()/door_upcall code path at 
> every boot.  Without this code, the last modify date on the 
> datalink.conf file will always coincide with the last time the system 
> booted (at least), which is misleading.  This would also cause the boot 
> archive on x86 to be re-generated for no good reason at every shutdown, 
> assuming that this config. file is part of the boot archive.
> 
> -Seb

I see.  I'll add to my task list.

Dan


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