From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tsutomu Fujii Subject: Re: Bonding in active-backup mode with arp monitoring on Xen Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:08:44 +0900 Message-ID: <4728623C.4000906@nb.jp.nec.com> References: <47253487.3010909@nb.jp.nec.com> <25246.1193780909@death> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Jay Vosburgh Return-path: Received: from TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:57507 "EHLO tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755477AbXJaLIs (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:08:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <25246.1193780909@death> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hi. Jay Vosburgh wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a solution that will work for any peer > (some peers may not reply to an ARP with an IP source of all zeros). At > first glance, there doesn't seem to be much of a downside, but I'll have > to experiment with it a bit to see if the check should be optional or > simply removed entirely. If there are no downside, I think it is better to remove the check. For your information, other mode that can use arp monitoring send an ARP with an IP source of all zero. Thanks. -- Tsutomu Fujii