> I've picked up work on the vanity naming doc again :) I have a couple of > questions: > > First, has there any final decision yet about how the set up will be by > default when Solaris is installed? Currently, my understanding is: > > Fresh installation - the links will be given names like net0, net1, etc. > > Upgrade - the links will retain their hardware-based names like bge0, > ce0, etc. > > Is this correct, and has this been decided on or still an ongoing > discussion? > Right. The first one is controversial because this might introduce some problem when applications walk device using di_walk_minor(). But this can be a good chance to remove the dependency between the link name and the device instance name.
> Second, what is the default name when a device is replaced, e.g., during > dynamic reconfiguration? Our docs say that after a new device replaces > an old device, then we use dladm rename-link so that the replacement > device will inherit the link configurations of the previous device. But > what would be the default name of the replacement device which now must > be renamed? > If the device instance name is the same as the replaced one, then it will use the old link name of the replaced hardware. Otherwise, we will give it a link name netN. Thanks - Cathy
