Cathy Zhou wrote:
> 
>> 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! I will add that important distinction about the default name of 
the replacement hardware in the documentation.

Raoul

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