On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 21:58, KELEMEN Peter wrote:
> * Dionysio Calucci (dionysio@vr-zone.com) [20021009 13:49]:
> 
> > i achieved in bonding four NICs in every computer, but i cannot
> > bond six NICs. The computer boots OK but it freezes when i start
> > using the network.
> 
> That's actually much further than I managed.  2.4.19 completely
> freezes when configuring the bonding interface (bond0), only power
> cycle helps.  I'm trying to bond two 3Com Vortex cards together.

try this patch taken from 2.4.20-preX

http://www.scaramanga.co.uk/kernel/ECSC-2.4.19/02_bonding-fixes.diff.gz

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