Quoting r. Eitan Zahavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: How to change NodeDescription > > Steve Wooding wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Is it possible with the gen2 driver to set the NodeDescription for each > >host. I have a machine which is still running gen1 drivers and the > >NodeDescription is set to the hostname. I guess this is done when the > >driver is loaded at boot time (but couldn't find out exactly how this > >is done). > > The gen1 implementation sniffed the ingoing > SubnetManagement.Get(NodeDesc) in the sma.c and replaced appended to the > results a string the looked like: <host name> HCA-<hca index>. > I think it was very useful feature.
Sounds good. Making node description visible, and editable, through /sys/class/infiniband/mthcaX/node_desc is probably the way to do it. The user would then be able to write whatever he wants there. -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
