[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] opensm/scripts: handling opensm config file

[Al Chu]

On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 18:24 +0200, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> On 18:16 Wed 22 Oct     , Yevgeny Kliteynik wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to remove it too. I know that people do use it, but
> > this usage should be replaced by /etc/opensm/opensm.conf anyway.

You cannot specify an alternate config file (-F/--config)
in /etc/opensm/opensm.conf??? :-)

I think this is the most often used reason for the syconfig stuff.

> > I really don't think that it's a good idea to have opensm
> > configured by several different configuration files.
> >
> > So how do we know whether or not can this stuff be removed?
> 
> As usual - let's publish the patch on the list. If there will no
> motivated complains I will apply it.

You may wish to ping Redhat/Suse for what they think (b/c if it doesn't
meet their requirements, they will just add it back), but I don't think
it should be removed.

Al

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Albert Chu
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