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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:08:53 -0500
From: Chris Adams <cmadams@...aay.net>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 802.3ad bonding brain damaged?
Once upon a time, Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com> said:
> On 8/8/2011 3:57 AM, David Lamparter wrote:
> >No, it isn't. 802.3ad/.1AX explicitly requires that no packet
> >re-ordering may ever occur, which can only be guaranteed by enqueueing
> >packets for one host on one TX interface. This behaviour is mandated by
> >802.1AX-2008 page 15 which reads:
>
> Outch, that does cause a big problem for store-and-forward switching.
> You basically can't split up packets from a single stream without very
> careful cut-through switching, which we obviously can't do in Linux.
> That seems a rather silly requirement given that higher level protocols
> already deal with packet reordering. Why not an option to say stuff the
> standard?
Packet reordering introduces jitter, which is bad for things like VOIP.
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Chris Adams <cmadams@...aay.net>
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I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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