The rename-link operation should be the same regardless of the media type of the link.
I did the same test on my laptop before and didn't see this problem. Is this reproducible? I will try to reproduce this problem on my laptop when I get back home. - Cathy > In the spirit of real-world testing and as suggested during last week's > meeting, I bfu'ed my laptop to the latest UV archives and attempted to > rename my WiFi link. A strange thing happened: > > seb# svcadm disable nwam > seb# ifconfig ath0 unplumb > seb# ifconfig bge0 unplumb > seb# dladm rename-link ath0 wlan0 > dladm: rename operation failed: object not found > seb# dladm rename-link ath0 wlan0 > seb(/)# dladm show-link > LINK CLASS MTU STATE OVER > wlan0 phys 1500 down -- > eth0 phys 1500 down -- > seb(/)# dladm show-phys > LINK MEDIA STATE SPEED DUPLEX DEVICE > wlan0 WiFi down 0Mb unknown ath0 > eth0 Ethernet down 0Mb unknown bge0 > > As you see, the first rename-link operation failed, but the second (typed > immediately following the failed attempt) succeeded. I had no such > problem renaming my bge0 link to eth0. Is this perhaps because the ath0 > driver unloads in the middle of the operation? > > The good news is: > > seb(/)# svcadm enable nwam > seb(/)# dladm show-link > LINK CLASS MTU STATE OVER > wlan0 phys 1500 up -- > eth0 phys 1500 down -- > seb(/)# ifconfig -a > lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu > 8232 index 1 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 > wlan0: flags=201004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4,CoS> mtu > 1500 index 13 > inet 10.0.245.248 netmask ffff0000 broadcast 10.0.255.255 > ether 0:b:6b:4e:8f:87 > eth0: flags=201000803<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 14 > inet 0.0.0.0 netmask ff000000 broadcast 0.255.255.255 > ether 0:c0:9f:87:c3:3e > lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu > 8252 index 1 > inet6 ::1/128 > > ... It just works with NWAM. > > -Seb > > > _________________________________ > clearview-discuss mailing list > clearview-discuss at opensolaris.org
