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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index d733a428eff6..5ede7473b425 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | |||
@@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ or, for backwards compatibility, the option value. E.g., | |||
194 | 194 | ||
195 | The parameters are as follows: | 195 | The parameters are as follows: |
196 | 196 | ||
197 | ad_select | ||
198 | |||
199 | Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use. The | ||
200 | possible values and their effects are: | ||
201 | |||
202 | stable or 0 | ||
203 | |||
204 | The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate | ||
205 | bandwidth. | ||
206 | |||
207 | Reselection of the active aggregator occurs only when all | ||
208 | slaves of the active aggregator are down or the active | ||
209 | aggregator has no slaves. | ||
210 | |||
211 | This is the default value. | ||
212 | |||
213 | bandwidth or 1 | ||
214 | |||
215 | The active aggregator is chosen by largest aggregate | ||
216 | bandwidth. Reselection occurs if: | ||
217 | |||
218 | - A slave is added to or removed from the bond | ||
219 | |||
220 | - Any slave's link state changes | ||
221 | |||
222 | - Any slave's 802.3ad association state changes | ||
223 | |||
224 | - The bond's adminstrative state changes to up | ||
225 | |||
226 | count or 2 | ||
227 | |||
228 | The active aggregator is chosen by the largest number of | ||
229 | ports (slaves). Reselection occurs as described under the | ||
230 | "bandwidth" setting, above. | ||
231 | |||
232 | The bandwidth and count selection policies permit failover of | ||
233 | 802.3ad aggregations when partial failure of the active aggregator | ||
234 | occurs. This keeps the aggregator with the highest availability | ||
235 | (either in bandwidth or in number of ports) active at all times. | ||
236 | |||
237 | This option was added in bonding version 3.4.0. | ||
238 | |||
197 | arp_interval | 239 | arp_interval |
198 | 240 | ||
199 | Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. | 241 | Specifies the ARP link monitoring frequency in milliseconds. |
@@ -551,6 +593,16 @@ num_grat_arp | |||
551 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for | 593 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for |
552 | bonding version 3.3.0. | 594 | bonding version 3.3.0. |
553 | 595 | ||
596 | num_unsol_na | ||
597 | |||
598 | Specifies the number of unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisements | ||
599 | to be issued after a failover event. One unsolicited NA is issued | ||
600 | immediately after the failover. | ||
601 | |||
602 | The valid range is 0 - 255; the default value is 1. This option | ||
603 | affects only the active-backup mode. This option was added for | ||
604 | bonding version 3.4.0. | ||
605 | |||
554 | primary | 606 | primary |
555 | 607 | ||
556 | A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the | 608 | A string (eth0, eth2, etc) specifying which slave is the |