Gireesh you just hit the nail on the head ! The question is not just about plumb/unplumb, its general system configuration.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Gireesh Nagabhushana <[email protected]>wrote: > So, are we getting APIs which can be used for interface configurations? > > Plumb/unplumb was his initial requirement. His last mail was not just on > plumb/unplumb but on a wide number of operations on network interfaces > which we do through ndd/dladm/ifconfig.. > > -- Gireesh > > [email protected] wrote: > > On (10/05/09 14:51), Vivek S wrote: > > > >> AFAIK solaris is used in high performance systems (data centres). This > means > >> that a lot of (probably high performance) applications have been or are > >> being written. If there is no public interface available then it means > that > >> all these apps use the system utilities? :-O (thats not high > performance, it > >> includes a lot of overhead). > >> > >> I thought an OS at the very minimum will expose API's for its > configuration. > >> Correct me if i am wrong. > >> > > > > While we are aware of this need, and are working on it, the act > > of plumbing/unplumbing interface is not typically part of performance > > critical paths. > > --Sowmini > > > > _______________________________________________ > > networking-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > >
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