Thirumalai Srinivasan wrote On 05/26/06 11:01,:
So is there a consensus that can we get rid of the SIOCSLIFINDEX ioctl ?
Allowing someone to change the ifindex by doing SIOCSLIFINDEX when
quite a few interfaces actually use the ifindex to specify the
interface to
use seems more likely to cause damage than actually nuking SIOCSLIFINDEX
and "risking" compatibility.
Given that IPMP is undergoing a rehaul, we should be able to
get rid of IPMP / DR / RCM reliance on SIOCSLIFINDEX. Except for this,
are there any other known users of SIOCSLIFINDEX ?
well, ip_tcp(7P) man page has been exposing that ioctl for a few releases
(excerpts from the man page)
IOCTLS
The following ioctl() calls may be used to manipulate IP
network interfaces. ...
SIOCSLIFINDEX Set the interface index associated
with the interface.
this set some expectation of stability, and software outside Sun or the
OpenSolaris community
may be depending on it now.
Kais
Thirumalai
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