Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for configuring Infiniband GUIDs

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:53:41 -0700

On Fri,  6 May 2016 10:43:25 -0500
Eli Cohen <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Add two NLA's that allow configuration of Infiniband node or port GUIDs
> by referencing the IPoIB net device set over then physical function. The
> format to be used is as follows:
> 
> ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 node_guid 00:02:c9:03:00:21:6e:70
> ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 port_guid 00:02:c9:03:00:21:6e:78
> 
> Issue: 702759
> Change-Id: I5ffb54d6de7bfa8650bf5818f484279914991d6e
> Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <[email-masked]>

I am not that familiar with Infiniband, but the documentation seems
to use a non-colon form:
 # ip link set dev ib0 vf 0 node_guid 0002c90300216e70

Seems like ip should follow the lead of ibstat and friends.