http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=10818
--- Comment #5 from Lizhong Li <lizhong.li at sun.com> 2009-08-21 09:49:21 UTC --- > > Then for location, the Automatic loc should go into disabled, not offline, > > right ? > > That sounds reasonable, but there's a subtle difference in how NCPs and > locations are handled. When I enable an NCP, I'm explicitly disabling another > NCP. When I enable a conditional or system location, I'm saying "I want this > location to be active all the time, rather than just when its activation > conditions are met". If, for example, I enable NoNet, we see Automatic go > offline. This is because the explicitly-enabled location gets activated, > meaning the activation conditions for the Automatic location can't be met. > They > are still reassessed regularly, and if the NoNet location gets disabled, the > conditions may be later met. > > In other words, NCPs behave more like manual locations. If I manually enable > manual location A, and manual location B is currently enabled, it gets > disabled > in favour of location A. System and conditional locations work differently, in > that if another manual location is enabled, they are not really disabled - > their conditions will dictate their activation (as long as no other locations > are enabled). Make sense. -- Configure bugmail: http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.
