On (01/23/09 15:42), Jens Elkner wrote:
>   
> > But then what happens if I do
> >   # ipadm create-interface -o ipmp,group=tester ipmp0
> > or even
> >   # ipadm create-interface link0
> > 
> > Do I mean v4? or v6? One option is to assume V4, unless v6 is explicitly
> > specified (ifconfig follows this model) but I hesitated to do this
> > because it makes V6 an exception case. 
> 
> Nothing easier than that. If the application is unable to determine a
> reasonable default, there is nothing what prevents it from telling the
> user, that it needs to know, which type of address is required...
> BTW: I do not prefer to "make V6 an exception case", too. It'll
> probably take another decade, till V4 is the exception, but somebody
> needs to make the first step ;-)

Ok, we can do it that way.

--Sowmini
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