[ewg] [PATCH] ofed_1_2/ofed_scripts

[Scott Weitzenkamp (sweitzen)]

> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but this still doesn't honor 
> SET_IPOIB_CM from
> > openibd.conf.  You need to call set_ipoib_cm in openibd on each bond
> > slave before calling ib-bond.
> 
> My opinion that ib-bonding does not need to change the mode 
> of IPoIB interface.
> When slave interfaces are brought up they already have the 
> right mode set according to SET_IPOIB_CM.
> This is why the --mode option was removed from ib-bond.
> 

The slave interfaces only have the right mode if they are given IP
addresses through ifcfg-ib* files, which is an extra configuration step
that is undesirable.

Scott