[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On (06/13/07 11:13), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sowmini, > > > > In the competitive analysis, I'd recommend that you look more > > closely at what BSD offers via "ifconfig" as this is typically the > > interface used when setting some parameters, such as the > > media type (10BT, 100BT-FDX, etc.) sysctl is not as often used > > for network device driver settings. Obviously the persistance > > method used is also specific to ifconfig, not sysctl. > > Understood, but in the case of Solaris, the ifconfig syntax > is already heavily overloaded (see ifconfig(1M), for example!), > and related functionality (like wifi, linkaggr) has already > chosen dladm as the config tool in favor of overloaded ifconfig, > so that it makes sense to stick with that trend for other drivers. > > If we had to look for a replacement for ndd at the network layer (which > Brussels will investigate in later phases), then the closest BSD > analog would be sysctl..
I didn't read that comment as "please add these features to ifconfig on Solaris." Instead, I read it as "please gather information about BSD ifconfig, because that's where more things are configured there." In other words, it was about the parameters, not about the mechanism. (At least as I read it ...) -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
