From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.11] bonding: avoid tx balance for IGMP (alb/tlb mode) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:37:45 -0500 Message-ID: <20050316143743.GC18393@tuxdriver.com> References: <20050315215128.GA18262@tuxdriver.com> <4237833E.9080809@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ctindel@users.sourceforge.net, fubar@us.ibm.com, bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@oss.sgi.com, jgarzik@pobox.com To: Rick Jones Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4237833E.9080809@hp.com> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 04:52:14PM -0800, Rick Jones wrote: > Is that switch behaviour "normal" or "correct?" I know next to nothing As Jay Vosburgh points-out, this patch only effects ALB and TLB modes. These are modes where the link partner is unaware of the bonded configuration. In effect, we are tricking the switch into behaving the way we desire. Since the switch is unaware of our bonded behaviour, I think it makes sense to accomodate this quirk related to IGMP snooping. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com