[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] Allow setting of NodeDescription

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at mellanox.co.il>:
> > This patch does a few things:
> >  - Adds node_guid and node_desc fields to struct ib_device
> >  - Has mthca set these fields on startup
> >  - Extends modify_device method to handle setting node_desc
> >  - Exposes node_desc in sysfs
> >  - Allows userspace to set node_desc by writing into sysfs file, eg.
> >      echo -n `hostname` >> /sys/class/infiniband/mthca0/node_desc
> > 
> > This should probably be combined with Sean's work to get rid of
> > node_guid queries in ULPs.
> > 
> > Comments?
> > 
> >  - R.
> 
> 
> Good stuff.

Roland, do you plan to check this in?

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MST