Sebastien Roy writes: > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 09:05 +0100, George Shepherd wrote: > > Hmm That'll need testing with several Sun unbundled products. > > Solstice X.25 for example. > > Right. I've been following this thread passively, but my feeling is > that there is nothing good that can possibly come of fixing this "bug". > First, I don't view this as a bug, but a really poorly designed feature. > Second, the impact of accidentally running into this poorly designed > feature is minimal, while fixing it is highly risky. Do we know what > other kinds of datalinks masquerade as DL_ETHER but depend the setting > of the destination IP address to set IFF_POINTOPOINT? I certainly > don't, and I don't see the value of discovering them through deliberate > breakage.
I think that's a pretty reasonable alternative. I still think fixing the bug would be nice to do, but "not worth the bother and risk" is a valid answer. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
