> Are you implying that the intended use for "dladm rename" is to enable
 > me to continue using the name "bge0" to refer to network X even though
 > the card may change to ipge or nge or hme

No.  That would be extremely confusing.

 > or...rather than to support people creating "swan0" and use that,
 > irrespective of the hardware?

Yes. 

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meem
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