From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: allow bond in mode balance-alb to work properly in bridge -try3 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090325.172427.98374994.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20090325151937.GI3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> <28445.1237998713@death.nxdomain.ibm.com> <20090325174405.GM3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fubar@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, shemminger@linux-foundation.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, kaber@trash.net, mschmidt@redhat.com, dada1@cosmosbay.com To: jpirko@redhat.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:34385 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752705AbZCZAYj (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:24:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090325174405.GM3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:44:05 +0100 > Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 05:31:53PM CET, fubar@us.ibm.com wrote: > >Jiri Pirko wrote: > > > >>Basically here's what's going on. In every mode, bonding interface uses the same > >>mac address for all enslaved devices. Except for mode balance-alb. > > > > I think you mean "only balance-alb will simultaneously use > >multiple MAC addresses across different slaves." Yes? > Yes I do. I will refolmulate the phrase and repost the patch if you want... I'll let you guys discuss this some more. It looks like we could have some more tweaks before this patch is finalized.