So, are we getting APIs which can be used for interface configurations? Plumb/unplumb was his initial requirement. His last mail was not just on plumb/unplumb but on a wide number of operations on network interfaces which we do through ndd/dladm/ifconfig..
-- Gireesh [email protected] wrote: > On (10/05/09 14:51), Vivek S wrote: > >> AFAIK solaris is used in high performance systems (data centres). This means >> that a lot of (probably high performance) applications have been or are >> being written. If there is no public interface available then it means that >> all these apps use the system utilities? :-O (thats not high performance, it >> includes a lot of overhead). >> >> I thought an OS at the very minimum will expose API's for its configuration. >> Correct me if i am wrong. >> > > While we are aware of this need, and are working on it, the act > of plumbing/unplumbing interface is not typically part of performance > critical paths. > --Sowmini > > _______________________________________________ > networking-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
