netdev - Re: [PATCH] Experimental new bonding driver mode=batman

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Message-ID: <555AED1B.8050503@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 03:58:19 -0400
From:	Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Patrick Simmons <linuxrocks123@...scape.net>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Experimental new bonding driver mode=batman

On 5/19/15 2:09 AM, Patrick Simmons wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've written a new mode for the kernel bonding driver.  It's similar to
> the round-robin mode, but it keeps statistics on TCP resends so as to
> favor slave devices with more bandwidth when choosing where to send
> packets.  I've tested it on two laptops using WiFi/Ethernet and it seems
> to work okay, but it should be considered experimental.
>
> Still, it should be safe to apply this patch as it doesn't do anything
> unless you specify "mode=batman" on the driver command line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Simmons <linuxrocks123@...scape.net>
>

It is usually a good idea to add the bonding maintainers directly, have 
added them. See <kernel>/MAINTAINERS for list.
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