[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] opensm/scripts: handling opensm config file

[Yevgeny Kliteynik]

Sasha,

Sasha Khapyorsky wrote:
>> -if [[ -s /etc/sysconfig/opensm ]]; then
>> -    . /etc/sysconfig/opensm
>> +if [ -s /etc/sysconfig/opensm.conf ]; then
>> +    OPTIONS="--config /etc/sysconfig/opensm.conf"
> 
> Why we should specify OpenSM config file explicitly? It has the default
> location (/etc/opensm/opensm.conf or something).

OK, agree

> It is not the same as /etc/sysconfig/blahblah script where $OPTIONS
> environment variable could be defined.
> 
> Again, I'm fine with removing all this /etc/sysconfig/* stuff completely
> if nobody uses this.

I'd like to remove it too. I know that people do use it, but
this usage should be replaced by /etc/opensm/opensm.conf anyway.
I really don't think that it's a good idea to have opensm
configured by several different configuration files.

So how do we know whether or not can this stuff be removed?

-- Yevgeny


> Sasha
>