> > One problem is what if the alternate root is for an environment that > > predates linkmgmtd? Is such a thing possible? > > Yes, it is certainly possible to mount a BE that isn't the same OS > version as the one which is running, and issue dladm -R commands for > that BE. I'm not sure what the error handling would look like in that > case, nor if this is expected to work. There's nothing in the existing > documentation stating that the -R option needs to be used with an > alternate-root that has a matching OS version as the one that's > currently running, but I don't see how any other case can easily be made > to work.
I think all we need for -R is enough functionality to ensure live upgrade works. -- meem
