Tony Nguyen wrote:
On 05/12/10 04:24 PM, Mark Haywood wrote:
Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
some quick questions.
how does this functionality interact with different network management
services, specifically network/physical:nwam and
network/physical:default? is network configuration only supported for
one of these methods? if so, what happens if that method is disabled
and another one is in use?
The new SMF services being proposed would run before network/physical
and would setup persistent configuration before network/physical:nwam
and network/physical:default run. So, this functionality basically
provides the system with an initial configuration at first boot.
network/physical:nwam and network/physical:default should continue to
function exactly like they do today on *any* boot. That is,
network/physical:default continues to use the system persistent
configuration and NWAM uses its profiles to determine what to do.
does enabling the svc:/network/dns/install have any interactions with
nsswitch.conf(4)? for example, is it an error to enable
svc:/network/dns/install if dns is not enabled via nsswitch.conf(4).
svc:/network/dns/install copies nsswitch.dns to nsswitch.conf.
will the svc:/network/install service reconfigure interfaces that
already have an existing configuration?
They can't have existing configurations. This service only runs on
the first boot after the initial install.
will the svc:/network/install service ever unconfigure interfaces? for
example, if no install_ipv4_interface and install_ipv6_interface values
are specified, and the svc:/network/install service is brought online,
will it do anything?
No. No profile means nothing is done. The new services are disabled
by default.
Sorry but it's still not clear to me. It sounds like there should be
some interaction between physical:nwam and these new services, e.g.
these services sets up an NWAM profile that is activated by
physical:nwam. If this is the case, it seems long-winded as the
networking configuration can just be in physical:nwam instance.
No. These services do not set up an NWAM profile.
-tn
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