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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 09:10:04 +0100 (CET)
From: willy tarreau <wtarreau@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: Intel's ANS Driver -vs- Bonding [was Re: Linux 2.2.18pre21]
To: Dan Browning <danb@cyclonehq.dnsalias.net>
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, const-g@xpert.com,
        danb@cyclonecomputers.com
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> EtherChannel.  Supposedly, it also supports failover
> (though even "bonding" driver docs used to say that
> was impossible because the linux networking
subsystem
> didn't handle card failures gracefully enough).

the new bonding code supports failover. It probes the
cards itself. Although this is a recommended mode of
operation, it is not the default one because I want it
to keep fully compatible with any implementation based
on the old one.


>
http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/100Linux.htm

I'll take a look, but except for the XOR sending algo,
I don't think much features are missing.

Willy


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