[openib-general] IB diagnostics problems (OFED-1.1-rc5)

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Mirko,

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 06:59, Mirko Benz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are testing OFED-1.1-rc5 under Scientific Linux x86-64 (RHEL 4 clone).
> Some IB diagnostics tools e.g. ibhosts and ibswitches (located under 
> .../ofed/bin/)
> do not work with a normal user account -- no output given. It works as 
> root though.

It depends on how you have udev access for umad setup. With the default
setup for IB, root is required as these diagnostics send SMPs which
require umad access which is limited to root.

-- Hal

> Regards,
> Mirko
> 
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