[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH RFC v2] IB/ipoib: enable IGMP for userpsace multicast IB apps

[Or Gerlitz]

On 10/6/07, Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know that much about OFED or Red Hat-like distros.  But in
> Debian/Ubuntu, I know that I can use the /etc/network/interfaces file
> to specify arbitrary commands to run when an interface appears.  eg
> from the interfaces(5) man page:
>
>        pre-up command
>               Run command before bringing the interface up.  If this
>               command fails then ifup aborts, refraining from marking
>               the interface as configured, prints an error message,
>               and exits with status 0.  This behavior may change in
>               the future.
>
> Seems like the same thing should be possible for other distros without
> much trouble.


OK, AFAIK under both Red Hat and SLES there is a way to intall pre-up and
post-down hooks for the iftools, if this is what you were referring to in
"hot-plug", then we are on the same page, thanks.

Or.
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