On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 01:59:49PM -0700, Tom Duffy wrote: >On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 21:46 +0200, Bernhard Fischer wrote: >> Yes, but should it work? I don't know if its possible and implemented >> (in the long run) to get to and query the respective API versions in >> order not to rely on sysfs. > >Do you have a system without sysfs? Is there a reason why you would >not? For normal small systems, i do not see a requirements for sysfs. Artifical use case (i don't own HCAs nor euid==0 access to them): /me builds a well-connected firewall/router/whatever. I don't want to waste RAM/ROM for sysfs or sysfs support.
I do, however, agree that normal nodes will have sysfs support enabled in the mid/short run. > >The behavior /could/ be that if it didn't find the sysfs entry, opensm >would continue on its merry way and just assume the API was correct. As Hal expressed, sysfs is a requirement for OpenIB; so be it. -- Bernhard _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
