> Why isn't there an API for network configuration and related stuff ?
There are APIs, they just aren't public. Unlike most other OS's, Solaris takes backward compatibility guarantees very seriously. Given that this area of the system has undergone explosive change in the past few releases, maintaining backward-compatible APIs would've been a significant additional tax on the development of those features. That said, committing parts of libdladm (and the upcoming libipadm) has been discussed in the past. Thus far, given the high rate of change in these areas, the (relatively) low interest from consumers that cannot simply integrate into the ON consolidation, and the alternative of just exec'ing programs instead, it hasn't been prioritized. -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
