> I'm doing some work in net-physical, and I noticed that it contains: > > if [ "$1" = "xx0" ]; then > # > # For some unknown historical reason the xx0 > # ifname is ignored. > # > shift > continue > fi > > This results in the net-physical script to ignore any file named > /etc/hostname.xx0. According to google, this was a SunOS 4.x.x hack to > allow someone to set the hostname of a standalone system. Such files > are clearly no longer used this way by Solaris. I propose that we > remove this particular interface name restriction, perhaps as part of > UV. Any opinions on this?
I don't feel strongly about it. -- meem
