John Plocher writes: > Tim Marsland wrote: > > Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.64 07/13/07 SMI > > > > 1. Introduction > > 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: > > Paravirtualized Drivers for Fully Virtualized xVM Domains > > > For network devices, however, the user experience will be less > > satisfying. ... Since Solaris binds the identity of a > > system to its NIC name, the user will have to sys-unconfig and > > reconfigure the domain. > > sys_unconfig is a pretty big hammer to use for this - isn't it sufficient > to just rename /etc/hostname.rtls# to /etc/hostname.xnf#, assuming that the > user can determine the mapping between the two?
Renaming a driver is a serious pain. It's not just /etc/hostname.* that's affected, it's /etc/dhcp.* and potentially many other files such as /etc/ipf/ipf.conf and /etc/ipf/ipnat.conf, /etc/gateways, /etc/sfw/smb.conf, /etc/inet/dhcpsvc.conf, /etc/inet/ndpd.conf, /etc/quagga/*.conf, /etc/zones/*.xml, and probably dozens of others that I'm too lazy to locate at the moment. Basically, as we said with the ipge transition before (2004/782), you can't do it in any non-trivial configuration. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
