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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:26:45 -0400 From: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> To: Eduard Sinelnikov <eduard.sinelnikov@...il.com> Cc: majordomo@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> Subject: Re: Bonding problem On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 03:00:30PM +0300, Eduard Sinelnikov wrote: > Hi, > > In the kernel 2.6.39.3 ( /drivers/net/bond/bond_main.c). > In the function ‘bond_xmit_roundrobin’ > The code check if the bond is active via > ‘bond_is_active_slave(slave)’ Function call. > Which actually checks if the slave is backup or active > What is the meaning of slave being backup in round robin mode? > Correct me if I wrong but in round robin every slave should send a > packet, regardless of being active or backup. > > Thank you, > Eduard There probably is not a compelling reason to continue to have it. There may be a reason historically, but I'm not aware what that might be at this point. For modes other than active-backup, the value of slave->link and slave->backup should always contain a value that indicates the slave is up and available for transmit. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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