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On 10/6/07, Roland Dreier <rdreier@cisco.com> wrote:
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> 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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On 10/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roland Dreier</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:rdreier@cisco.com">rdreier@cisco.com</a>&gt; wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I don&#39;t know that much about OFED or Red Hat-like distros.&nbsp;&nbsp;But in<br>Debian/Ubuntu, I know that I can use the /etc/network/interfaces file<br>to specify arbitrary commands to run when an interface appears.&nbsp;&nbsp;eg<br>from the interfaces(5) man page:
<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pre-up command<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Run
command before bringing the interface up.&nbsp;&nbsp;If this<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;command
fails then ifup aborts, refraining from marking<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the
interface as configured, prints an error message,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and
exits with status 0.&nbsp;&nbsp;This behavior may change in<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the future.<br><br>Seems like the same thing should be possible for other distros without<br>much trouble.</blockquote><div><br>
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 &quot;hot-plug&quot;, then we are on the same page, thanks.<br>
<br>
Or.<br>
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