Re: [gomd-devel] <DAEMON> [open]mosix.map support for the daemon

[Matthias Rechenburg]

On Samstag 18 Oktober 2003 13:34, Gian Paolo Ghilardi wrote:
> Hi Matt.
>
> > > As requested on openmosix-devel, I'm working on [open]mosix.map support
>
> (to
>
> > > avoid autodiscovery when possible).
> >
> > yep, i saw ... and i am still asking myself why not just use the nodelist
>
> you
>
> > already have in the gomd ?
> > I would suggest to depend on the openMosix kernel for now and then
> > you know all nodes which may run the gomd (-> all nodes in the cluster)
> > Anyways maybe i am missing something but i do not think we should
> > start to support what is being deprecated already (the om-map file)
>
> Yes, but...
> - omdiscd sometimes doesn't map exactly a node-id to an ip (i.e. 10.0.0.5
> -> node #5).

what is wrong with that ?
it is calculated by the ip + the subnet mask.

e.g. 
10.0.1.5 in class C is node id 5
10.0.1.5 in class b is node id 230   (if i am not wrong ;)


> - omdiscd doen't support complex topology.

that is partly true, yes

> - lots of users still use the om-map file (I can assure you that).

i trust you

>
> The om-map support is made by a few lines of code (because this uspport
> uses the structure already implemented) so, why don't implement it? ;)

go ahead ;)

>
> Byez.
>
> <rejected>
>
>
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howdy,

Matt
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