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

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Hal Rosenstock <halr at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] Re: [PATCH] Allow setting of NodeDescription
> 
> On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 03:36, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Would make more sense to initialize node_desc to an empty string
> > instead of whatever is programmed in the device flash?
> > This creates a way for the remote user to find out that the "echo"
> > script above did not run yet, and try again later.
> 
> I think this is the wrong direction to go as the SM may now see many
> nodes without any NodeDescription. I don't think the tradeoff to know
> that it wasn't set this way is worth it on what it potentially causes to
> SM and any management/diagnosic tools.

Sorry, I dont really understand. Does the spec imply NodeDescription
must have non-zero bytes? If not, maybe the management/diagnosic tools
should be fixed.


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