[openib-general] IB diagnostics problems (OFED-1.1-rc5)

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi again Mirko,

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 07:20, Mirko Benz wrote:
> Hi Hal,
> 
> This was a default/build all OFED install. Either we should place these 
> tools under ../ofed/sbin or make it work for every body.

The issue with making it work for everyone is that there's a chicken and
egg problem in that when the tools are built and installed, one doesn't
know how udev will be configured for umad. I agree that since the
default is to run as root, these should be in sbin rather than bin. Can
you file a bugzilla report for this (or do you want me to do it on your
behalf) ? Is this critical for OFED 1.1 ?

>  At least a error message that umad access failed would be required.
Those are scripts and the errors are being returned from the lower level
programs invoked but not by the scripts.

Would you please file a bug for this as well (or let me know whether I
should do this) ? 

Thanks.

-- Hal

> Regards,
> Mirko
> 
> Hal Rosenstock schrieb:
> > Hi Mirko,
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 06:59, Mirko Benz wrote:
> >   
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We are testing OFED-1.1-rc5 under Scientific Linux x86-64 (RHEL 4 clone).
> >> Some IB diagnostics tools e.g. ibhosts and ibswitches (located under 
> >> .../ofed/bin/)
> >> do not work with a normal user account -- no output given. It works as 
> >> root though.
> >>     
> >
> > It depends on how you have udev access for umad setup. With the default
> > setup for IB, root is required as these diagnostics send SMPs which
> > require umad access which is limited to root.
> >
> > -- Hal
> >
> >   
> >> Regards,
> >> Mirko
> >>
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