From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Toppins Subject: Re: [PATCH] Experimental new bonding driver mode=batman Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 03:58:19 -0400 Message-ID: <555AED1B.8050503@cumulusnetworks.com> References: <555AD3A7.7050202@netscape.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Patrick Simmons , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andy Gospodarek , Jay Vosburgh , Veaceslav Falico Return-path: Received: from mail-qg0-f45.google.com ([209.85.192.45]:36286 "EHLO mail-qg0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753207AbbESH6V (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 May 2015 03:58:21 -0400 Received: by qget53 with SMTP id t53so3186689qge.3 for ; Tue, 19 May 2015 00:58:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <555AD3A7.7050202@netscape.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > It is usually a good idea to add the bonding maintainers directly, have added them. See /MAINTAINERS for list.