Cathy Zhou wrote: > 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
Just FYI - since I don't have laptop with me right now. I only tested "dladm rename-link bge0 net0" after I force the bge driver to be unloaded. rename-link works fine in that case. - 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 > > > _________________________________ > clearview-discuss mailing list > clearview-discuss at opensolaris.org
