From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?q?Nicolas=20de=20Peslo=C3=BCan?= Subject: [PATCH] bonding: document undocumented active_slave sysfs entry. Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:19:15 +0100 Message-ID: <1324901955-5816-1-git-send-email-nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: =?UTF-8?q?Nicolas=20de=20Peslo=C3=BCan?= , Jay Vosburgh , Andy Gospodarek To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp09.smtpout.orange.fr ([80.12.242.131]:16418 "EHLO smtp.smtpout.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754802Ab1LZM1P (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:27:15 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Signed-off-by: Nicolas de Peslo=C3=BCan cc: Jay Vosburgh cc: Andy Gospodarek --- Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/netwo= rking/bonding.txt index 91df678..83b44c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value.= E.g., =20 The parameters are as follows: =20 +active_slave + + Specifies the active slave for modes that support it (active-backup, + balance-alb and balance-tlb). The possible values are one of the + currently enslaved slaves. The selected slave must be up and the + underlying link must be up too. +=09 + Note that this is only available through the sysfs interface. No modu= le + parameter by that name exists. + + The default value is empty (no active slave). It will automatically b= e + set every time an active slave is selected by normal bonding operatio= n. + The current active slave can be read from this sysfs entry. + ad_select =20 Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The --=20 1.7.7.3