>>> One hole in this approach exists when dlmgmtd isn't running and network >>> devices attach (does this happen during reconfigure boot?). What do we >>> do for that case? Perhaps we need to re-think whether links are created >>> at all if devices attach and dlmgmtd isn't running... >>> >> dlmgmtd is usually running before network attaches, except during the >> netinstall or netboot, that a primary device is usually plumbed by the >> kernel >> at very early phase before any daemon can be run. Note that a link cannot be >> renamed when it is plumbed. How to rename this primary device to a vanity >> name >> is another problem that we need to resolve. > > Do we care about what datalinks are called during a netboot/netinstall? > I am not familiar with the Indiana boot process yet. If no datalink configuration or other configuration based on datalink names needs to be done during boot, then I guess we could defer the rename to the subsequent boot.
Thanks - Cathy
