On 10/05/09 10:53, Girish Moodalbail wrote:
On 10/05/09 13:19, Darren Reed wrote:
Girish Moodalbail wrote:
On 10/05/09 09:43, Gireesh Nagabhushana wrote:
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..
We know the gaping hole in doing network interface configuration
programmatically in Solaris. We are addressing this issue in
Brussels II project. More on it here:
http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2009/306/commitment.materials/
and here
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/brussels/
However it will be a while before we could make those API's public.
Why?
For the simple reason that Brussels II delivers components in a phased
manner and by the first phase we wouldn't have every feature supported
to make the API's stable and public.
And why is it necessary to support every feature with the first release
of a stable API?
That's the best excuse to never make an API stable/public because new
features will always be added.
Darren
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