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authorJay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>2008-06-14 01:12:04 (GMT)
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>2008-06-18 04:00:04 (GMT)
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bonding: Allow setting max_bonds to zero
Permit bonding to function rationally if max_bonds is set to zero. This will load the module, but create no master devices (which can be created via sysfs). Requires some change to bond_create_sysfs; currently, the netdev sysfs directory is determined from the first bonding device created, but this is no longer possible. Instead, an interface from net/core is created to create and destroy files in net_class. Based on a patch submitted by Phil Oester <kernel@linuxaces.com>. Modified by Jay Vosburgh to fix the sysfs issue mentioned above and to update the documentation. Signed-off-by: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ max_bonds
Specifies the number of bonding devices to create for this
instance of the bonding driver. E.g., if max_bonds is 3, and
the bonding driver is not already loaded, then bond0, bond1
- and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1.
+ and bond2 will be created. The default value is 1. Specifying
+ a value of 0 will load bonding, but will not create any devices.
miimon