Check out #220 now; I updated it. 

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On Feb 10, 2012, at 4:46 PM, "Jeff Squyres" <jsquy...@cisco.com> wrote:

> On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Paul H. Hargrove wrote:
> 
>> The point of the question isn't related to WHY eth8 is useless - just assume 
>> it is.
>> Assume it is UP, but useless for whatever reasons motivated writing FAQ #220.
>> It could be Terry's example of a port connected to the service processor.
>> 
>> The concern is what happens in this situation when the user, following the 
>> advice in the FAQ, passes an explicit setting for btl_tcp_if_exclude, which 
>> DOES NOT include virbr0?
>> They don't know it was there before, or that it needs to be there (the FAQ 
>> states that lo MUST be included).
>> So, by following the FAQ they don't resolve their problem.
>> OMPI ceases any attempts use of eth8 (or whatever), but loss of the implicit 
>> virbr0 from the exclude list results in their system attempting to use 
>> virbr0 (and thus continue to fail).  Right?
>> 
>> Maybe the FAQ just needs an update to address my concern.
> 
> Got it.  Sure, I can update the faq to be a bit more loose in the definition 
> of what must be excluded.
> 
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