On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Stephen Hahn <sch at sun.com> wrote: > * Sebastien Roy <Sebastien.Roy at Sun.COM> [2008-04-24 19:51]: > > > > Stephen, > > > > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 09:56 -0700, Stephen Hahn wrote: > > > * Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> [2008-04-24 16:44]: > > > > However, it might be interesting to have a tool post-install that let > > > > you "rename" all the interfaces based on a policy. > > > > > > Agree strongly. > > > > "Agree strongly" to me means "this proposal cannot integrate without > > this". Would you mind elaborating on why you "agree strongly" and what > > you meant by that? To me, it's an interesting thought, but I don't view > > this as crucial. I actually don't think it would be that useful given > > that "dladm rename-link" does the job for those who need to rename their > > datalinks to something other than the default. > > It's a bulk agreement: my strongest agreement was with the first two > points (no install question; don't try to satisfy all parties). A > specific, *supported* tool to rotate into some other convention is > *not* needed. Pointing (from a FAQ or web page) to an unsupported > script that loops through the interfaces invoking dladm(1M) would be > nice, if one existed.
Stephen's response fits my intent as well. I don't believe such a tool is necessary, but it would be "interesting" or "nice" to have. Definitely *not* crucial. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
