[ewg] Starting VNIC service as part of openibd

[Vladimir Sokolovsky]

On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 06:22 -0600, Ramachandra Kuchimanchi wrote:
> Vlad,
> 
> If VNIC is installed, we would like it to start on boot. I guess
> for this the VNIC service has to be started as part of the
> openibd script. 
> 
> For starting the VNIC service we need to run: /etc/init.d/ql_vnic
> start
> and to stop it: /etc/init.d/ql_vnic stop
> 
> Can this be added to the openibd script ?
> 
> Regards,
> Ram
> 
> 
Ram,
ql_vnic script is a standalone service that can be configured to
start/stop automatically through system services configuration.
It should be started after 'openibd start' and stopped before 'openibd
stop'.
Moreover it handles ib_mthca and ib_umad modules. So, it can't be added
to openibd.

Instead, you can add required functionality (load/unload ib_vnic module)
to openibd script and remove ql_vnic script from the package.


-- 
Vladimir Sokolovsky <vlad at mellanox.co.il>
Mellanox Technologies Ltd.