> To facilitate testing, it would seem to be nice to be able to switch
> between the current closed driver and ours. Our thinking is to
> perhaps call the driver 'cge' (which seems to be more in line with the
> current naming scheme), and just use add_drv / rem_drv to switch
> between the two. The first question, is does this seem like a
> reasonable approach, or might someone suggest any better techniques?
>
> The other issue is that we don't want to paint ourselves into a
> corner. I have seen mention of some nightmares around network driver
> renames in the past. The second question is would the vanity naming
> support (once integrated of course) eliminate this issue?
>From what you've described, vanity naming will indeed eliminate the issue.
BTW, it integrated into build 83, so you can already take it for a spin.
For more information, please see:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/docs/vnameoverview.pdf
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/uv/howto/
Have fun :-)
--
meem
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