From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Wadeley Subject: bonding.txt, broadcast mode description Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 21:49:50 +0100 Message-ID: <54F76FEE.1050002@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:62492 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751625AbbCDUtw (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:49:52 -0500 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t24KnqFh020626 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:49:52 -0500 Received: from [10.40.204.36] ([10.40.204.36]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t24KnolY023646 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 4 Mar 2015 15:49:52 -0500 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Dear Esteemed List Members In my private time I work on Fedora guides and I would like to contribute something to kernel docs and networking related man pages. WRT doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt under bonding, modes, there is currently: broadcast or 3 Broadcast policy: transmits everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance. How do the list members feel about changing that to: Option 1] Broadcast policy: All transmissions are sent on all slave interfaces. Useful for high availability applications where duplicate packets are sent to separate networks. Requires switch support if sending to a single network. Option 2] Broadcast policy: All transmissions are sent on all slave interfaces. Useful for high availability applications where duplicate packets are sent to separate networks. Requires switch support if sending to a single network. This mode might not work behind a bridge with virtual machines without additional switch configuration. Willing to submit patches. Thank you Yours sincerely -- Stephen Wadeley Content Author | Red Hat, Inc. Purkynova 99 | Brno, Czech Republic