From: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@cumulusnetworks.com>
To: Patrick Simmons <linuxrocks123@netscape.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com>,
Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@gmail.com>,
Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Experimental new bonding driver mode=batman
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 03:58:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <555AED1B.8050503@cumulusnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <555AD3A7.7050202@netscape.net>
On 5/19/15 2:09 AM, Patrick Simmons wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've written a new mode for the kernel bonding driver. It's similar to
> the round-robin mode, but it keeps statistics on TCP resends so as to
> favor slave devices with more bandwidth when choosing where to send
> packets. I've tested it on two laptops using WiFi/Ethernet and it seems
> to work okay, but it should be considered experimental.
>
> Still, it should be safe to apply this patch as it doesn't do anything
> unless you specify "mode=batman" on the driver command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Simmons <linuxrocks123@netscape.net>
>
It is usually a good idea to add the bonding maintainers directly, have
added them. See <kernel>/MAINTAINERS for list.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-19 7:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-19 6:09 [PATCH] Experimental new bonding driver mode=batman Patrick Simmons
2015-05-19 7:49 ` Michal Kubecek
2015-05-19 8:29 ` Patrick Simmons
2015-05-20 7:32 ` Michal Kubecek
2015-05-20 17:45 ` Jay Vosburgh
2015-05-20 20:04 ` Andy Gospodarek
2015-05-20 22:48 ` Patrick Simmons
2015-05-20 22:37 ` Patrick Simmons
2015-05-19 7:58 ` Jonathan Toppins [this message]
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