PSARC 2008/504 Device Driver Utility

2008-08-15 Thread frank Che
Gary Winiger Wrote: >> A summary of the updates in the material: >> >> 1. After offline communication, the project team would like to use the >> interface provided by the IPS to search for drivers and packages by PCI >> IDs. So content on drivers provided by Solaris OS is removed from the >> driver

PSARC 2008/514 Python interface to dlpi(7P)

2008-08-15 Thread Max Zhen
>> ails (I get broadcast address by calling dlpi_info()), >> an exception will be raised accordingly. If dlpi_info() returns no >> error, but there is no broadcast address, a string Python object, whose >> length is zero, will be returned. >> > > Why not None? > OK. Will return None Pytho

PSARC 2008/514 Python interface to dlpi(7P)

2008-08-15 Thread Max Zhen
Sebastien Roy wrote: > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 17:09 +0100, John Levon wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:01:41AM -0700, Danek Duvall wrote: >> >> >>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 03:12:20PM +0800, Max Zhen wrote: >>> >>> So, in this dlpi module for Python, I followed the require

Open Solaris ARC Agenda August 19 & 20, 2008 - LATE Meeting (4pm PT)

2008-08-15 Thread Mark Martin
sed Hermon HCA Driver > > Just a mislabel? Mark -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/attachments/20080815/1e1fef78/attachment.html>

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Paul Wernau wrote: > You bring up an good point. Is there some pre-existing authorization > you'd recommend? I see solaris.device.grant (Delegate Device > Administration) as a potential. Or we could create a new set. I don't think that one is appropriate. I would expect a completely new aut

Gkrellm for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/513 FastTrack timeout 08/19/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Henry Zhang
Andras Barna ??: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Brian Cameron > wrote: >> Andras/Henry: >> >>> note: plugins can be installed in ~/.gkrellm2/plugins too >> I thought Henry said that only sysadmins could install plugins. Yes, sysadmins can install plugins into /usr/lib/gkrellm2/plugins; mea

EOF of cz locale [PSARC/2008/528 Self Review]

2008-08-15 Thread Ienup Sung
I'm sponsoring this case as a self-review for Jan "Honza" Hnatek. If anyone disagrees, let me know and I'll promote this case to a fast track. Ienup Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Componen

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Can any user run 'ikeadm token login' ? Or is a specific authorisation needed ? If so what is it ? Same for logout. I'm particularly interested in the case where the key is actually a users smartcard and the user has no direct root access. In this case I would rather not give them an RBAC p

ncurses for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/524 FastTrack timeout 08/22/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Irene Huang
Hi, all I am sponsoring this case. The timeout is set to be 08/22/2008. Additional materials include pkgmap and manpages are available at: Internally: http://sac.eng/Archives/CaseLog/arc/LSARC/2008/524/materials/ Externally http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2008/524 Thank

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Gary Winiger wrote: > This customer would also like to do the same thing with doors. >>> Maybe naively, I thought they already could with doors. >>> I thought if you could see the door file, you could place >>> a door_call to the server that created the file. >> I believe you can bu

Separated Faults for PCI/PCIEX Predicted/Degraded Cases [PSARC/2008/521 Self Review]

2008-08-15 Thread Steve Hanson
James Carlson wrote: >cindi writes: > > >>This case creates some new variants of the existing device-interr and >>bus-linkerr faults so that separate Knowledge arcticles, messages and >>severity >>can be used depending on the service impact of the fault. >> >> > >Do the previous ones still

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Gary Winiger wrote: >> I spoke with a customer recently that has a need for exactly this type >> of cross zone communication. They need it in both the TX and non-TX >> cases. In their case they want the GZ to be required to setup the >> channels but also want two local zones to be able to comm

Open Solaris ARC Agenda August 19 & 20, 2008 - LATE Meeting (4pm PT)

2008-08-15 Thread Aarti Pai
No - I've removed it from the open agenda. Aarti > > > Case (Timeout) Exposure Title (updated 08/15/2008) > 2008/497 (08/20/08) closed Hermon HCA Driver > > > Just a mislabel? > > Mark >

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
Nicolas Williams writes: > I'd rather that ikecert have two new, mutually exclusive options, rather > than one, and that it warn if neither is provided, with the default > behavior left as is. That'd be the clear alternative, but rather than force the project team to chew up an option flag, I'd li

PSARC 2008/504 Device Driver Utility

2008-08-15 Thread frank Che
The case material was updated and saved as 'spec.txt' in the case directory. I'd like to restart the review and set the timer to 08/21/2008. A summary of the updates in the material: 1. After offline communication, the project team would like to use the interface provided by the IPS to search for

Open Solaris ARC Agenda August 19 & 20, 2008 - LATE Meeting (4pm PT)

2008-08-15 Thread Aarti Pai
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FMA for Intel integrated memory controller and Nehalem CPUs [PSARC/2008/527 Self Review]

2008-08-15 Thread Tim Haley
I am sponsoring this case on behalf of Adrian Frost. This case seeks patch binding for a Solaris 10 update release. The case introduces FMA events for Intel integrated memory controller and Nehalem CPUs. The case is a straight-forward addition of events which are part of an approved FMA portfoli

2008/523 IPsec session failover

2008-08-15 Thread Dan McDonald
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:16:06PM -0500, Robert Gordon wrote: >> The hook functions are enabled only >> when Solaris is in cluster mode. > > Is that a programmatic interface ? I'm not sure. You'd have to ask Thejaswini. IIRC, the kernel ones are function pointers only initialized by the Sun Clu

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:45:47PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: > Yep, I understand the motivation. > > This should _at least_ have a patch README entry and a release note > for the update it goes into, and should probably get other exposure as > well. > > [...] > > Poor user. I'd rather that ik

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
Dan McDonald writes: > The frequency of new-key generation (typically measured in once-per-N-years, > for 1 <= N <= 4) is such that the above paragraph will not apply often. > Maybe that's why you're worried --> it's so infrequent that people will not > think to look at the release notes. More lik

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Dan McDonald
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:45:47PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: > The fact that nobody will be able to provide a clear set of "how to > use this stuff" directions should give the project team some pause > about tightening security in this way. A recipe would have to say > something like this in the

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
Dan McDonald writes: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:01:13PM -0400, Paul Wernau wrote: > >> Isn't this (changing the default way the pin is stored) an > >> incompatible change? > > The storage of the PIN isn't an interface, per se. > > You are worried, I suspect, about least-surprise if someone crea

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Dan McDonald
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 01:01:13PM -0400, Paul Wernau wrote: >> Isn't this (changing the default way the pin is stored) an >> incompatible change? The storage of the PIN isn't an interface, per se. You are worried, I suspect, about least-surprise if someone creates a new keypair and subsequently

2008/523 IPsec session failover

2008-08-15 Thread Robert Gordon
On Aug 14, 2008, at 4:44 PM, Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > The hook functions are enabled only > when Solaris is in cluster mode. Is that a programmatic interface ? Could (from an architectural POV) this feature be enabled with out the presence of SUN Cluster, and if not why not ?? (I'm just curiou

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Paul Wernau
James Carlson wrote: > Bill Sommerfeld writes: >> I'm sponsoring this fasttrack for Paul Wernau. Timer expires on >> 8/22/2008. Release binding is Patch/Micro. The new ikeadm and ikecert >> subcommands, options, and associated behavior have a Committed stability >> level. > [...] >> ikecert(1m

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
Bill Sommerfeld writes: > I'm sponsoring this fasttrack for Paul Wernau. Timer expires on > 8/22/2008. Release binding is Patch/Micro. The new ikeadm and ikecert > subcommands, options, and associated behavior have a Committed stability > level. [...] > ikecert(1m) will be changed so that the pi

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Paul Wernau
Darren J Moffat wrote: > Paul Wernau wrote: >> You bring up an good point. Is there some pre-existing authorization >> you'd recommend? I see solaris.device.grant (Delegate Device >> Administration) as a potential. Or we could create a new set. > > I don't think that one is appropriate. I

Virtual Console Update [PSARC/2008/515 FastTrack timeout 08/19/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Kyle McDonald
Aaron Zang wrote: > Michael Schuster wrote: > > >>> Anyway, I still believe that the trend is to not using rootunlock. I >>> still >>> remember that around Nevada build 30, xscreensaver supported >>> rootunlock by >>> default, and now it is not the default behavior. >>> >> IMO it would

ncurses for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/524 FastTrack timeout 08/22/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Andras Barna
Hi no wide character support? On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Irene Huang wrote: > Hi, all > > I am sponsoring this case. The timeout is set to be 08/22/2008. > > Additional materials include pkgmap and manpages are available at: > Internally: > http://sac.eng/Archives/CaseLog/arc/LSARC/2008/5

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Ric Aleshire
ndezvous). >> >> For example, in case of Trusted Extensions X, the X server creates >> the rendezvous in a location that is loopback mounted via an smf >> service. The X clients use this new rendezvous to communicate with >> the X server. >> >> Please note that this case doesn't allow communication between >> two non-global zones. >> >> -Lokanath >> >> -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-arc/attachments/20080815/6b66e595/attachment.html>

Gkrellm for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/513 FastTrack timeout 08/19/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Henry Zhang
Darren, Thanks, Henry Darren J Moffat ??: > I still don't see how OpenSSL is being used. The proposal mentions SSH > for connecting to the remote gkrellmd but SSH and SSL are totally > different protocols. GKrellM have a feature to get mail status, OpenSSL is only used for making connection

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Paul Wernau
Darren J Moffat wrote: > Can any user run 'ikeadm token login' ? Or is a specific authorisation > needed ? If so what is it ? Same for logout. > The exisiting model for ikeadm in general is that a user needs to have root privileges. A non-root user will get a permissions error attempting

Gnome 2.24 [LSARC/2008/510 FastTrack timeout 08/15/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread John Fischer
All, I have attached the modified proposal.txt file. The additional materials have been updated as well. The changes affect only Volatile and Uncommitted interfaces. The Committed interfaces remain unchanged. These changes are to match what the community has recently done. As such I have reset

2008/525 ikeadm token login

2008-08-15 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
I'm sponsoring this fasttrack for Paul Wernau. Timer expires on 8/22/2008. Release binding is Patch/Micro. The new ikeadm and ikecert subcommands, options, and associated behavior have a Committed stability level. Description: Private keys for IPsec/IKE are currently stored in th

2008/523 IPsec session failover

2008-08-15 Thread Dan McDonald
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:14:41AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > I'm missing the bigger picture here, or failing to see where it is covered > in the materials. > > Can someone draw me a simple picture of a multi node cluster using this > showing which IKE the client connects to originally and w

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread John Zolnowsky x69422/408-404-5064
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:53:13 -0700 (PDT) > From: Gary Winiger > >> >> This customer would also like to do the same thing with doors. > > > > > > Maybe naively, I thought they already could with doors. > > > I thought if you could see the door file, you could place > > > a door_call to

2008/522 EOF of 2001/070 IPsec HW Acceleration support

2008-08-15 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 00:39 -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > * performance -- the "slow path" causes packets to traverse PCI > busses 3 times, as noted, and certainly involves more complexity in the > paths (notably kcf scheduling of crypto gets involved). The SCA4000 IPsec offload interface

Separated Faults for PCI/PCIEX Predicted/Degraded Cases [PSARC/2008/521 Self Review]

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
Steve Hanson writes: > The previous ones still exist and can still be interpreted in the same way. Thanks; just checking. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Gary Winiger wrote: > Maybe I don't understand this reply. Let me try again. I don't > see why there should be any check for Unix domain rendezvous. > I don't see where rendezvous even between non-global zones > is fundimentally different than IP network end points. >

Separated Faults for PCI/PCIEX Predicted/Degraded Cases [PSARC/2008/521 Self Review]

2008-08-15 Thread James Carlson
cindi writes: > This case creates some new variants of the existing device-interr and > bus-linkerr faults so that separate Knowledge arcticles, messages and > severity > can be used depending on the service impact of the fault. Do the previous ones still exist and do something, or are these outr

Gkrellm for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/513 FastTrack timeout 08/19/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
Henry Zhang wrote: > Darren, > > > Thanks, > Henry > > Darren J Moffat ??: >> I still don't see how OpenSSL is being used. The proposal mentions >> SSH for connecting to the remote gkrellmd but SSH and SSL are totally >> different protocols. > > GKrellM have a feature to get mail status, Ope

2008/523 IPsec session failover

2008-08-15 Thread Darren J Moffat
I'm missing the bigger picture here, or failing to see where it is covered in the materials. Can someone draw me a simple picture of a multi node cluster using this showing which IKE the client connects to originally and where and how the SADB's are passed between the nodes. I think I understa

Virtual Console Update [PSARC/2008/515 FastTrack timeout 08/19/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Aaron Zang
Michael Schuster wrote: >> Anyway, I still believe that the trend is to not using rootunlock. I >> still >> remember that around Nevada build 30, xscreensaver supported >> rootunlock by >> default, and now it is not the default behavior. > > IMO it would make sense to retain the capability, but

PSARC 2008/504 Device Driver Utility

2008-08-15 Thread Gary Winiger
> A summary of the updates in the material: > > 1. After offline communication, the project team would like to use the > interface provided by the IPS to search for drivers and packages by PCI > IDs. So content on drivers provided by Solaris OS is removed from the > driver database. Now the driver

2008/522 EOF of 2001/070 IPsec HW Acceleration support

2008-08-15 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 00:39 -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > >> * performance -- the "slow path" causes packets to traverse PCI >> busses 3 times, as noted, and certainly involves more complexity in the >> paths (notably kcf scheduling of crypto gets involved). >>

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Gary Winiger
>> >> This customer would also like to do the same thing with doors. > > > > Maybe naively, I thought they already could with doors. > > I thought if you could see the door file, you could place > > a door_call to the server that created the file. > > I believe you can but they do ne

Unix Domain Sockets for X11 clients in Trusted Extensions [LSARC/2008/506 FastTrack timeout 08/14/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Gary Winiger
> I spoke with a customer recently that has a need for exactly this type > of cross zone communication. They need it in both the TX and non-TX > cases. In their case they want the GZ to be required to setup the > channels but also want two local zones to be able to communicate without > requi

ncurses for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/524 FastTrack timeout 08/22/2008]

2008-08-15 Thread Shi-Ying Irene Huang
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.66 04/17/08 SMI This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: ncurses for OpenSolaris 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Author: Rick Ju 1.3 Date of This Document:

2008/522 EOF of 2001/070 IPsec HW Acceleration support

2008-08-15 Thread Garrett D'Amore
I'm wholly in favor of this case. However, to be fully clear, the SCA4000 should not suffer any loss in functionality, as it can use what we used to call "slow path IPsec acceleration", that is, it can use kcf to perform crypto operations for it. HOWEVER, there may be potential ramifications f