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

[Hal Rosenstock]

Hi Mirko,

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 08:56, Mirko Benz wrote:
> Hi Hal,
> 
> Please prepare the bugzilla entry.

I entered the following:
http://openib.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238
http://openib.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239

Feel free to annotate it.

-- Hal

> It is not critical -- I just think it is not convenient for an end user.
> 
> Regards,
> Mirko
> 
> Hal Rosenstock schrieb:
> > 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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