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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-11-07 01:37:16 -0800 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-11-07 01:37:16 -0800 |
commit | 167c6274c30d17c41742096d1a12c32bd3b7e366 (patch) | |
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parent | 5c7f0333584128c745fbda845abbe3a32c22d467 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'davem-next' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index d733a428eff..5ede7473b42 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g., The parameters are as follows: +ad_select + + Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The + possible values and their effects are: + + stable or 0 + + The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate + bandwidth. + + Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all + slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active + aggregator has no slaves. + + This is the default value. + + bandwidth or 1 + + The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate + bandwidth. Reselection occurs if: + + - A slave is added to or removed from the bond + + - Any slave's link state changes + + - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes + + - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up + + count or 2 + + The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of + ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the + "bandwidth" setting, above. + + The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of + 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator + occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability + (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times. + + This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0. + arp_interval Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. @@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for bonding version 3.3.0. +num_unsol_na + + Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements + to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued + immediately after the failover. + + The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option + affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for + bonding version 3.4.0. + primary A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the |