On 06/ 2/10 01:43 PM, James Carlson wrote:
James Carlson wrote:
That's the part that still confuses me. I'd expected that, just as
installation was "based on" NWAM in OpenSolaris, this would be the
pattern for the future as well.
And, now, I understand Mark's last reply, where he said:
I and the folks working on install don't believe that NWAM is yet
functionally complete enough to be the default service for our
Enterprise customers. And therefore, we chose to provide install with a
mechanism for configuring an initial physical:default configuration.
OK; that's the missing bit. It *is* intentionally physical:default, not
just for install, but also (potentially) for the running system. The
original proposal provided that hint in the XML-encoded profile, but
never came out and said it directly.
It was a long drive to figure out that this was intentional and not a
"bug." Could something to the effect of "for AI, and for the time
being, we're expecting to disable NWAM and use physical:default on the
installed system" be added to the spec?
Yes, I think it would be informative to add this to the spec in order to
better understand how these interfaces will be effectively used, along
with a note that the upcoming cases that define the specific installers'
architectures will be the authoritative reference for how users will
directly or indirectly interact with this functionality in the context
of solaris install.
I'll send a note once we have an updated spec.
Thanks,
-Seb
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