> > Is "not allowing hostnames for create-addr at all" still an option for > > the first phase of 'ipadm'? Can we track this as a RFE and implement it > > later after the project is integrated. > > I don't see a strong requirement for hostnames for dladm.
(ipadm?) > If we don't have it we'd probably need some support in the conversion of > /etc/hostname* files so that at the time of conversion we do a > getaddrinfo to get the addresses from /etc/hosts,ipnodes. > > Thus the RFE might not even be needed. Agreed. For the reasons already discussed on this thread, using hostnames with ipadm (and ifconfig) is problematic; we'd be better off without it. -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
