On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 12:25 -0400, Peter Memishian wrote: > > In another follow up, it occurs to me that the DR problem could be > > solved different for GLDv3 NICs. GLDv3 drivers don't process DLPI > > messages directly, but rely on GLDv3 to do it for them. > > There are a lot of possible solutions if you're willing to redesign the > framework, hence my original comment.
Right, and I agree with your original concern. I think the ideal behavior would be one that allows DR operations on a NIC while associated datalinks are open. IMO, GLDv3 should handle this under the covers while there may be references to the datalink, and the link state would reflect the fact that there's no underlying hardware. -Seb
