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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst index ab98373535ea..96cd7a26f3d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst @@ -313,6 +313,17 @@ arp_ip_target maximum number of targets that can be specified is 16. The default value is no IP addresses. +ns_ip6_target + + Specifies the IPv6 addresses to use as IPv6 monitoring peers when + arp_interval is > 0. These are the targets of the NS request + sent to determine the health of the link to the targets. + Specify these values in ffff:ffff::ffff:ffff format. Multiple IPv6 + addresses must be separated by a comma. At least one IPv6 + address must be given for NS/NA monitoring to function. The + maximum number of targets that can be specified is 16. The + default value is no IPv6 addresses. + arp_validate Specifies whether or not ARP probes and replies should be @@ -769,6 +780,17 @@ peer_notif_delay value is 0 which means to match the value of the link monitor interval. +prio + Slave priority. A higher number means higher priority. + The primary slave has the highest priority. This option also + follows the primary_reselect rules. + + This option could only be configured via netlink, and is only valid + for active-backup(1), balance-tlb (5) and balance-alb (6) mode. + The valid value range is a signed 32 bit integer. + + The default value is 0. + primary A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the @@ -824,7 +846,7 @@ primary_reselect tlb_dynamic_lb Specifies if dynamic shuffling of flows is enabled in tlb - mode. The value has no effect on any other modes. + or alb mode. The value has no effect on any other modes. The default behavior of tlb mode is to shuffle active flows across slaves based on the load in that interval. This gives nice lb @@ -883,7 +905,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and packet type ID field to generate the hash. The formula is - hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID + hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID slave number = hash modulo slave count This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular @@ -899,7 +921,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to generate the hash. The formula is - hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID + hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID hash = hash XOR source IP XOR destination IP hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 16) hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 8) @@ -1960,15 +1982,6 @@ uses the response as an indication that the link is operating. This gives some assurance that traffic is actually flowing to and from one or more peers on the local network. -The ARP monitor relies on the device driver itself to verify -that traffic is flowing. In particular, the driver must keep up to -date the last receive time, dev->last_rx. Drivers that use NETIF_F_LLTX -flag must also update netdev_queue->trans_start. If they do not, then the -ARP monitor will immediately fail any slaves using that driver, and -those slaves will stay down. If networking monitoring (tcpdump, etc) -shows the ARP requests and replies on the network, then it may be that -your device driver is not updating last_rx and trans_start. - 7.2 Configuring Multiple ARP Targets ------------------------------------ |