Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> On the one hand, this looks pretty good.  On the other hand, I find it 
> really unfortunate that we have to create yet another kind of virtual 
> interface in addition to etherstubs and VNICs.  I think many customers 
> are going to be left wondering which one of these things they should use 
> and why.
> 
> Is it not possible that we could integrate the functionality (perhaps as 
> an additional option) to etherstubs or vnics?  (I'm thinking of a kind 
> of "attach" or "link" command that might be used to link a pair of 
> etherstubs together, for example: dladm link-etherstub etherstub0 
> etherstub1, which could have much the same kind of result, although it 
> wouldn't necessarily support the WiFi semantics....)

It is possible but I personally think it would be more confusing to 
introduce simlinks as a new type of etherstub/VNIC. By keeping them 
distinct and calling them 'simlinks' should be clear that they are a 
testing resource.

Rishi
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