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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 675612ff41a..91df678fb7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -238,6 +238,18 @@ ad_select This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0. +all_slaves_active + + Specifies that duplicate frames (received on inactive ports) should be + dropped (0) or delivered (1). + + Normally, bonding will drop duplicate frames (received on inactive + ports), which is desirable for most users. But there are some times + it is nice to allow duplicate frames to be delivered. + + The default value is 0 (drop duplicate frames received on inactive + ports). + arp_interval Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. @@ -433,6 +445,23 @@ miimon determined. See the High Availability section for additional information. The default value is 0. +min_links + + Specifies the minimum number of links that must be active before + asserting carrier. It is similar to the Cisco EtherChannel min-links + feature. This allows setting the minimum number of member ports that + must be up (link-up state) before marking the bond device as up + (carrier on). This is useful for situations where higher level services + such as clustering want to ensure a minimum number of low bandwidth + links are active before switchover. This option only affect 802.3ad + mode. + + The default value is 0. This will cause carrier to be asserted (for + 802.3ad mode) whenever there is an active aggregator, regardless of the + number of available links in that aggregator. Note that, because an + aggregator cannot be active without at least one available link, + setting this option to 0 or to 1 has the exact same effect. + mode Specifies one of the bonding policies. The default is @@ -599,7 +628,7 @@ num_unsol_na affect only the active-backup mode. These options were added for bonding versions 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 respectively. - From Linux 2.6.40 and bonding version 3.7.1, these notifications + From Linux 3.0 and bonding version 3.7.1, these notifications are generated by the ipv4 and ipv6 code and the numbers of repetitions cannot be set independently. |