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authorNicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr>2011-12-26 13:35:24 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-12-26 20:09:35 -0500
commit1ba9ac7c35b30d6b958a30240e21ddaea8d21b35 (patch)
tree942143e924ea4d11d120b614691b90ee540ba15f /Documentation/networking
parentc159d30c59dc84934f8ef46f934ce1232c558ecd (diff)
bonding: document undocumented active_slave sysfs entry.
v2, based on Jay's review. I kept the 'link must be up' part, because this is enforced in the code. Signed-off-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -196,6 +196,23 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g.,
The parameters are as follows:
+active_slave
+
+ Specifies the new active slave for modes that support it
+ (active-backup, balance-alb and balance-tlb). Possible values
+ are the name of any currently enslaved interface, or an empty
+ string. If a name is given, the slave and its link must be up in order
+ to be selected as the new active slave. If an empty string is
+ specified, the current active slave is cleared, and a new active
+ slave is selected automatically.
+
+ Note that this is only available through the sysfs interface. No module
+ parameter by this name exists.
+
+ The normal value of this option is the name of the currently
+ active slave, or the empty string if there is no active slave or
+ the current mode does not use an active slave.
+
ad_select
Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The