On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 15:14 -0700, Cathy Zhou wrote:
> >>> 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.
The Indiana installation process is currently done off of a r/w ramdisk,
which is treated as an actual disk. Booting off of the DVD in order to
install is just like booting the real OS. There is no netboot at all
("yet" as Meem pointed out). So, for Indiana installs, one would see
"net#" interfaces, but since the installation media is different from
what you're booted off of, those "net#" interfaces might be enumerated
differently once booted off of the installed media...
-Seb
