[ofa-general] Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/4] opensm: using conventional config file

[Al Chu]

Hey Sasha,

I suddenly thought about this.  If the /var/cache/opensm/opensm.opts
file is no longer readable (and presumably people will not know about it
b/c it is not documented anywhere), how will users know how to write the
opensm.conf?  Will opesn distribute a "template" .conf file with all
values initially commented out??  (I think this is the best idea).

Al

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 01:10 +0000, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is attempt to make some order with OpenSM configuration. Now it
> will use conventional (similar to another programs which may have
> configuration) config ($sysconfig/etc/opensm/opensm.conf) file instead
> of option cache file. Config file for some startup scripts should go
> away. Option '-c' is preserved - it can be useful for config file
> template generation, but OpenSM will not try to read option cache file.
> 
> This is RFC yet. In addition to this we will need to update scripts and
> man pages.
> 
> Any feedback? Thoughts?
> 
> Sasha
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