On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Rodney Lindner wrote: > RFE: To be able to specify the boot order of a zone. > Method 1: (SMF mod only) > Modify the smf svc:/system/zones service to look for a file (say > /etc/zonesbootorder). If it is present it will boot the zones in the order the > appear in the file and the move on to boot any remaining zones in any order. > > Method2: (Enhance zones XML properties and rewrite SMF zones service) > Add an additional(optional) property to zones XML which contains a numerical > value for startorder (0-64K). The SMF service then starts the zone by lowest > startorder value first (1-64k). Two zones have the same value means we don't > care which one starts first. I would suggest we also define 0 as "don't care"
I think this is a great idea! Method 2 strikes me as being the cleanest, most elegant solution. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OpenSolaris CAB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com _______________________________________________ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
