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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 42 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 18 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index d5181ce..61f516b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Linux Ethernet Bonding Driver HOWTO - Latest update: 12 November 2007 + Latest update: 23 September 2009 Initial release : Thomas Davis <tadavis at lbl.gov> Corrections, HA extensions : 2000/10/03-15 : @@ -614,6 +614,46 @@ primary The primary option is only valid for active-backup mode. +primary_reselect + + Specifies the reselection policy for the primary slave. This + affects how the primary slave is chosen to become the active slave + when failure of the active slave or recovery of the primary slave + occurs. This option is designed to prevent flip-flopping between + the primary slave and other slaves. Possible values are: + + always or 0 (default) + + The primary slave becomes the active slave whenever it + comes back up. + + better or 1 + + The primary slave becomes the active slave when it comes + back up, if the speed and duplex of the primary slave is + better than the speed and duplex of the current active + slave. + + failure or 2 + + The primary slave becomes the active slave only if the + current active slave fails and the primary slave is up. + + The primary_reselect setting is ignored in two cases: + + If no slaves are active, the first slave to recover is + made the active slave. + + When initially enslaved, the primary slave is always made + the active slave. + + Changing the primary_reselect policy via sysfs will cause an + immediate selection of the best active slave according to the new + policy. This may or may not result in a change of the active + slave, depending upon the circumstances. + + This option was added for bonding version 3.6.0. + updelay Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before enabling a diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 5dcc067..554440a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -1086,6 +1086,24 @@ accept_dad - INTEGER 2: Enable DAD, and disable IPv6 operation if MAC-based duplicate link-local address has been found. +force_tllao - BOOLEAN + Enable sending the target link-layer address option even when + responding to a unicast neighbor solicitation. + Default: FALSE + + Quoting from RFC 2461, section 4.4, Target link-layer address: + + "The option MUST be included for multicast solicitations in order to + avoid infinite Neighbor Solicitation "recursion" when the peer node + does not have a cache entry to return a Neighbor Advertisements + message. When responding to unicast solicitations, the option can be + omitted since the sender of the solicitation has the correct link- + layer address; otherwise it would not have be able to send the unicast + solicitation in the first place. However, including the link-layer + address in this case adds little overhead and eliminates a potential + race condition where the sender deletes the cached link-layer address + prior to receiving a response to a previous solicitation." + icmp/*: ratelimit - INTEGER Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets. |