Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
>> Simulated links (simlinks) are pseudo  GLDv3 network devices that aid in
>> the  creation of  point-to-point network  links  on a  system. They  are
>> intended to be  a testing resource for  OpenSolaris developers. Simlinks
>> should help in developing test suites that can run  with minimal network
>> hardware  and test  protocols  and codepaths  that  were previously  not
>> possible to test  on a single system.
> 
> Enthusiastic +1 from someone who's been maintaining his own "simlink" 
> driver for some time now, though not as nicely integrated (mine is 
> called "nonet" and is configured via driver.conf properties).
> 
> There is no mention of zones, which I assume means everything just 
> works, but I'd like to confirm.

Yes, simlinks appear as physical network devices and can be assigned to zones.

Rishi


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