netdev - Re: Problems with dropped packets on bonded interface for 3.x kernels

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Message-ID: <20111121080811.GB7596@china>
Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:08:12 -0600
From:	Albert Chin <linux-netdev@...sts.thewrittenword.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems with dropped packets on bonded interface for 3.x
 kernels

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 09:02:29AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le lundi 21 novembre 2011 à 01:44 -0600, Albert Chin a écrit :
> 
> > So only "unknown" protocols are dropped? I just ran tcpdump for 96
> > packets and inspected the output. The only packets received are LACP,
> > ARP, STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), DTP (Dynamic Trunking Protocol).
> > How are these "unknown"?
> 
> No protocol handler is setup to analyze some them in your box.
> 
> (ARP is handled of course)
> 
> Like if you receive IPv6 packets while IPv6 was not compiled/loaded into
> your kernel.
> 
> Nothing you have to worry about. We receive plenty of unknown packets
> these days...

Ok. If the above is the case though, I should see dropped packets on
all of my interfaces. But, I only see it on the bonded interface.
Kinda odd.

Thanks.

-- 
albert chin (china@...writtenword.com)
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