Re: [Tipc-discussion] tipc-config is here

[<hek...@ya...>]

Hi Jon,

That is so cool !

I've been waiting for this for a long time. So now we can
simply "insmod tipc.o" and later on application can invoke
"tipc-config" (or some IOCTLs ?) to dynamically change
the node address ? Just want to make sure that after the
node address has been set by "tipc-config" it can still
be changed later by "tipc-config" for any time, right ? 

I'm thinking of a scenario where a cluster is formed
dynamically and the node address of an old node can be
changed to avoid conflict with a newly joined "node".

A side issue is that I found latest CVS has only linux-2.6
support. Is linux-2.4 support planned to be dropped ?
Anyway I've ported it to linux-2.4 since I have to use 2.4
for a while.

Thanks

Kevin


--- Jon Maloy <jon...@er...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have now checked in my new code for dynamic configuration of TIPC.
> There are more changes than I really appreciate in one single delivery,
> but it seems to work fairly well so far, and I think it was necessary to 
> have
> it done.
> 
> Major changes:
> 
> 1: No module parameters anymore, -everything must be done via
>    the new user-land tool "tipc-config" that comes with the package.
> 2: TIPC can be executed in single-node mode without any initial
>     configuration at all. It will use the special node address <0.0.0>
>     for single-node use, but this must be set to a real address before
>      running in network mode.
> 3: A few bugs, primarily related to manager.c, but also to routing
>     of named messages were fixed.
> 
> tipc-config is far from being perfect yet, and can certainly be improved
> both regarding readability and robustness, but it works well for the
> basic cases, such as setting own node address and enabling/disabling 
> interfaces.
> Even the other commands have been tested,and work under normal
> cirumstances.
> Have a look at the command interface, -I have tried to make it as
> comprehensible as possible, but I am very open for improvement
> suggestions.
> 
> Enjoy(?) /Jon
> 
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