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Re: [gomd-devel] GOMD autodiscovery bug


From: Matthias Rechenburg
Subject: Re: [gomd-devel] GOMD autodiscovery bug
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:42:26 +0200
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On Samstag 23 August 2003 22:15, Gian Paolo Ghilardi wrote:
> Hi all (again).
>
> > Hi Roel, me again,
> >
> > On Freitag 22 August 2003 11:53, address@hidden wrote:
> > > Hi again, :)
> > >
> > > when executing "start ad 300", Gomd tries to reach IP adresses over 255
>
> at
>
> > > the end. It searched for 192.168.0.300, wich couldn't exist in IPv4.
> >
> > hehehehe, a good one ;)))
>
> Wops.... :)))
> Immediately fixed... :)
> (see updated bugs_history file committed to CVS => bug #6)
>
> > > also, I think autodiscovery could be much easier and better using a
> > > technoligy invented by Apple: "Rendezvous". this broadcasts services
> > > and can search for services of a certain type. Howl is a package for
> > > Linux implementing it. Get it at http://www.swampwolf.com/products/
> >
> > mhmmm, i do not like more deps ;)
>
> I _hate_ deps... (hehehe...) ;)
>
> > Anyways the question is why not simply use the local nodelist
> > for the auto discovery ?
> >
> > The local gomd knows all system-id's from the active openMosix nodes
> > in the cluster so there is (to my mind) no need to probe all ip addresses
> > in the same subnet (also a system can have more then one nic, what
> > happens then ?)
> > To my mind we should derive the list with the ip-addresses to probe for a
> > running gomd from the node-id's from the local nodelist.
> > This will prevent probing a lot of ip-addresses which actually cannot run
> > a gomd because they are non-openMosix nodes, not in the same cluster
> > or offline.
> > (for deriveing the ip-address from the node-id you can simply look into
> > the omdiscd source or i can help)
>
> As gomd can be run also on non-oM machines (in this case the daemon returns
> system-only infos), the equation oM_node=running_gomd is not valid... ;)

yep, you are right ;)


>
> Thanks to all for your great help!!!
>
> Byez.
>
> <rejected>
>
>
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howdy,

Matt
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