Andrew Gabriel writes: > Maybe doesn't much help this case, but I'll just mention that back in > Solaris 2.5 era, I used to create a DLPI provider as a user-land > process, which I plumbed by means of creating a pipe and plumbing one > side of it under IP. Then you see all the DLPI primitives on the other > side of the pipe, and can generate appropriate DLPI replies. You ended > up with a funny link name which i can't now recall, but otherwise it > seemed to worked fine. (It was mainly used in my case for a test suite > for ISO TP4 over ethernet, rather than IP.) > > It may well be that with various revamps of network drivers/stacks since > Solaris 2.5, this is no longer works, or is not useful for the purpose > you intend, but I mention it on the off-chance it might be.
That should still sort-of work, but it falls apart if you want to have any of the new ioctls supported. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> 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
