> Would it be possible for an upgrade not to rename to the new > nomenclature, but a clean install would?
Yes, that's possible. > With more and more configuration being moved into dladm, it also seems > its getting easier to create an auto-migration facility for the > nomenclature? I'm not sure which nomenclature you're referring to. If it's the name itself, then auto-migration is hard because the old name may be squirreled away in dozens of places, even by unbundled software. > Also, having generic names would make it much easier to replace a NIC > with one of a different chipset without changing all of the > configurations. Yes, solving that problem was a core goal of vanity naming. > So +1 for net0, etc. being the default. -- meem
