[ewg] Trying to install ibutils (from OFED-1.3)

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 17:22 +0000, Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
> On 05:24 Sun 17 Feb     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think --with-osm option is used only to specify where OpenSM is
> > > located.
> > 
> > Couldn't this default to the default place where OpenSM is installed ?
> 
> I think it is when no any '--with(out)-osm' is specified.
> 
> > > > And why dos it state gen1?
> > 
> > This is to select the vendor layer.
> 
> Just looked in ibutils/config/osm.m4 - it tries to find OpenSM in
> "standard" plces and if it is not found decides that it should be under
> IBGold installation and go to 'gen1' option.
> 
> > > When failed to detect it ibutils "thinks" it is in IBGold somewhere.
> > 
> > Should it default to OpenIB (gen2 or whatever it's called in ibutils)
> > rather than gen1 ?
> 
> It does so by default (when no --without-osm option is not specified).
> 
> > > I think you need to install at least opensm-libs and opensm-devel
> > > packages.

At one point, single stepping OpenSM state used to be supported. Maybe
still in the ibutils side (I know it's been ripped out of OpenSM). Maybe
other things too require OpenSM installation not just libs.

-- Hal

> > 
> > Also, libibumad.
> 
> Right, but it is in opensm-libs dependencies list.
> 
> Sasha