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Message-Id: <1324942524-32116-1-git-send-email-nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:35:24 +0100 From: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org Cc: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr>, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>, Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> Subject: [PATCH V2] bonding: document undocumented active_slave sysfs entry. v2, based on Jay's review. I kept the 'link must be up' part, because this is enforced in the code. Signed-off-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan <nicolas.2p.debian@...e.fr> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com> cc: Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net> --- Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 91df678..067e715 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -196,6 +196,23 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g., The parameters are as follows: +active_slave + + Specifies the new active slave for modes that support it + (active-backup, balance-alb and balance-tlb). Possible values + are the name of any currently enslaved interface, or an empty + string. If a name is given, the slave and its link must be up in order + to be selected as the new active slave. If an empty string is + specified, the current active slave is cleared, and a new active + slave is selected automatically. + + Note that this is only available through the sysfs interface. No module + parameter by this name exists. + + The normal value of this option is the name of the currently + active slave, or the empty string if there is no active slave or + the current mode does not use an active slave. + ad_select Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The -- 1.7.7.3 -- 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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