Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756604AbZCZAYw (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:24:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753819AbZCZAYk (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:24:40 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:34385 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752705AbZCZAYj (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:24:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090325.172427.98374994.davem@davemloft.net> To: jpirko@redhat.com Cc: fubar@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, shemminger@linux-foundation.org, bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org, bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, kaber@trash.net, mschmidt@redhat.com, dada1@cosmosbay.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] bonding: allow bond in mode balance-alb to work properly in bridge -try3 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20090325174405.GM3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> References: <20090325151937.GI3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> <28445.1237998713@death.nxdomain.ibm.com> <20090325174405.GM3437@psychotron.englab.brq.redhat.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 22 From: Jiri Pirko Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:44:05 +0100 > Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 05:31:53PM CET, fubar@us.ibm.com wrote: > >Jiri Pirko wrote: > > > >>Basically here's what's going on. In every mode, bonding interface uses the same > >>mac address for all enslaved devices. Except for mode balance-alb. > > > > I think you mean "only balance-alb will simultaneously use > >multiple MAC addresses across different slaves." Yes? > Yes I do. I will refolmulate the phrase and repost the patch if you want... I'll let you guys discuss this some more. It looks like we could have some more tweaks before this patch is finalized. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/