Re: ethernet channel bonding (bonding.o) on 2.6.x

[Mark Watts <m.watts@eris.qinetiq.com>]

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>
> The module should support multiple bonds by loading just one module,
> however in:
>
> include/linux/if_bonding.h:81:#define BOND_DEFAULT_MAX_BONDS  1   /*
> Default maximum number of devices to support */
>
> Have you tried adding the option:
>
> max_bonds = 2
>
> the the options line?
>
> With regard to the line:
>
> options bond1 -o bonding1 miimon=100 mode=1
>
> I ran into this one a while ago as the -o option doesn't work with 2.6
> kernels in the modprobe.conf file.  I believe the theory is that modules
> should be able to support multiple devices without having to be loaded
> twice.


This works perfectly!

I'll do a patch to the documentation to reflect this.

Thanks.

Mark.

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Mark Watts
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