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NAME

6       RDMA-NDD - RDMA device Node Description update daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       rdma-ndd <options>
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DESCRIPTION

12       rdma-ndd  is  a  system  daemon  which  watches for rdma device changes
13       and/or hostname changes and updates the Node Description  of  the  rdma
14       devices based on those changes.
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DETAILS

17       Full operation of this daemon requires kernels which support polling of
18       the procfs hostname file as well as libudev.
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20       If your system does not support either of these  features,  the  daemon
21       will set the Node Descriptions at start up and then sleep forever.
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23   Node Description configuration
24       The  daemon uses the environment variable RDMA_NDD_ND_FORMAT to set the
25       node description.  The following wild cards can be specified  for  more
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28       %h -- replace with the current hostname (not including domain)
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30       %d -- replace with the device name (for example mlx4_0, qib0, etc.)
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32       If not specified the default is "%h %d".
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34       NOTE:  At startup, and on new device detection, the Node Description is
35       always written to ensure the SM and rdma-ndd are in  sync.   Subsequent
36       events  will  only  write  the  Node  Description on a device if it has
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39   Using systemd
40       Setting the environment variable for the daemon is normally be done via
41       a  systemd drop in unit.  For example the following could be added to a
42       file named /etc/systemd/system/rdma-ndd.service.d/nd-format.conf to use
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45       [Service] Environment="RDMA_NDD_ND_FORMAT=%%h"
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47       NOTE: Systemd requires an extra '%'.
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OPTIONS

50       -f, --foreground Run in the foreground instead of as a daemon
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52       -d, --debugging Log additional debugging information to syslog
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54       --systemd Enable systemd integration.
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AUTHOR

57       Ira Weiny
58              < ira.weiny@intel.com >
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