Jerry Jelinek writes: > > They appear to be specifying the same thing. Why would an > > administrator need two different ways to specify the same thing? What > > happens if both are set? [...] > These are two different things. We discussed this is in the 2006/496 > case but let me try to recap here. This is not a compatibility issue. [...] > 'ncpus'. That property is an rctl alias for the zone.cpu-cap rctl and will > configure that rctl, similar to the way that the other rctl aliases > work. Again, there are more details in 2006/496. With this new scheme,
OK; I think I see it now. If someone sets the rctl to a value that doesn't "map" into the simplified property, then he won't be able to use the simplified version. They are _not_ different things. They're just user-syntactic bits over top of a single (rctl) mechanism. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
