[openib-general] [PATCH repost] option to set node description in sysfs

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 09:44, Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> It would be used for (upper layer) management and in a similar vein to
> how you want to use this (for some diag tool). One could argue that
> without this, there is no need for an SM to obtain NodeDescription (e.g.
> OpenSM).

More significantly, it is available via SA NodeRecord so is not just in
the log file and is available to any node on the network via SA queries.
This is indeed used by various SA clients.

-- Hal