Peter Memishian wrote:
>
> 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.
This does not necessarily preclude us from shooting it. At worst, we can
begin an EOL process for it. However, if there is evidence that it's just
generally toxic (and in this case, there seems to be), and no one can find
any applications depending on it, then I suspect the ARC will agree to a
more abrupt termination.
FWIW, I'm in favour of shooting it too.
Darren
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