Hi Raoul, Sorry for the late reply. I just finished reading the document, and here are some of my comments:
a. General I know it is hard to summarize the concept, but in general I feel it confusing between the concepts of an "interface" and an "link". Do you differentiate them at all? For example, you mentioned "the description of link names in network interfaces", you also mentioned physical interfaces and logical interfaces. The former seems to mean links, and the latter seems to mean IP interfaces. b. "Interface names in Previous Solaris Releases" Do you need to use past tense here? I just feel it wrong to see "interface names are derivd from the hardware's network driver", but I am not an English speaker, so maybe my feeling is wrong. Again, here you use "interface names", do you mean "link names"? Surely, a interface name is associated with its link name (if this interface is associated with any link). But this is not clear in this document. c. "Link Names" Here you refers a device name as "the physical link's name", I think it is better to explicitly call out as "the physical link's device name". d. "Caution About Changing Link Names" One doesn't need to change autopush(1M) configuration to work with the link rename operation. The only thing relevant to autopush(1M) configuration which needs attention is how it works with the per-link autopush link property. e. "When to Rename Links" Again, it might only because of my English, I don't quite understand what it means: "To transfer the configuration of an available link to a nonexistent link". I think you mean a nonexistent link *name*? f. "Rules for Valid Link Names" I believe Dan has already commented on this. Aside from those rules, "lo0" cannot be used as link names. Because it is reserved for IP loopback interface. g. "Link names and the dladm Command" show-phys does not display the same information as show-dev, but the equivalent information. Thanks - Cathy > Hi All, > > I posted an updated draft of the vanity naming documentation. Some > changes I'd like to point out about this draft. > > Previous postings documented the entire vanity naming feature. This > latest one is part one of two parts. It contains an overview of the > feature. Later I intend to post part two that focuses on the specific > tasks in which renaming links is one of the steps. > > I am posting the link name docs in this manner because I want to present > the information with the view of how it will appear in the general > context of the sysadmin guide where this information will reside. That > is, in the book there are separate chapters for the overview and the tasks. > > See: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/docs/vnameoverview.pdf > > As always, feedback is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Raoul > > > _________________________________ > clearview-discuss mailing list > clearview-discuss at opensolaris.org
