Raoul Carag wrote: > Hi Dan, > > I finally tracked this down :^) > > Dan Groves wrote On 04/25/07 12:59,: >> Hi Raoul, >> >> The document looks good, I only noticed one thing: >> >> - on page 9, "Rules for Valid Link Names", you don't list all of the >> restrictions from the dlpi(7P) man page. >> > > In an early draft of this doc, I listed all the restrictions from the > dlpi(7P) man page, including the restriction that you spotted as now > missing, i.e.,: "Additionally, the first and/or last character of a name > cannot be a digit." > > Seb had reviewed that draft and gave the following feedback: > >>> Section 3. Rules for Valid Link Names >>> >>> * You say, "The first or last character of the name must not be a >>> digit." >>> this is incorrect, as a link name _must_ end in a digit. I think >>> that the >>> string is taken from the dlpi man page, which is describing the >>> restriction on the driver name (or the non-PPA portion of a link >>> name). >>> > > He is correct. In the UV design doc, also quoted in our current draft, > the first rule about a link name is that it is composed of a string and > a PPA number. Since we mention this, then including the restriction "the > first and/or last character of a name cannot be a digit" might cause > confusion because it seems to contradict what we just said about the > name as composed of the string and PPA number. > > To avoid the potential confusion, I excluded that last restriction, > which was referring to the non-PPA part of the name. >
Ahh, I see, ok then, then the doc looks good. Dan > Thanks again for reviewing the doc. If you have any more observations, > let me know. > Raoul > >> Dan >> >> _________________________________ >> clearview-discuss mailing list >> clearview-discuss at opensolaris.org
