We have been using opensaf in our product for a couple of years now.  One of 
the issues we have is the fact that payload cards reboot when the system 
controllers are lost.  Although our payload card hardware will continue to 
perform its functions whilst the software is down (which is desirable) the 
functions that the software performs are obviously not performed (which is not 
desirable).

Why would we loose both controllers, surely that is a rare circumstance?  Not 
if you only have one controller to begin with.  Removing the second controller 
is a significant cost saving for us so we want to support a product that only 
has one controller.  The most significant impediment to that is the loss of 
payload software functions when the system controller fails.

I’m looking for suggestions from this email list as to what could be done for 
this issue.

One suggestion, that would work for us, is if we could convince the payload 
card to only reboot when the controller reappears after a loss rather than when 
the loss initially occurs.  Is that possible?

Another possibility is if we could support more than 2 controllers, for example 
if we could support 4 (one active and 3 standbys) that would also provide a 
solution for us (our current payloads would instead become controllers).  I 
know that this is not currently possible with opensaf.

thanks for any suggestions,
—
tony
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