On 2008-04-10, Matthew Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assuming this is really a problem, could CARP use interface link state > to speed up fail-over? E.g., if the common setup is two routers with > a direct Ethernet cable for pfsync and the common failure scenario is > power failure (or at least something that brings down the pfsync > device interface), when one router fails, the other could detect the > link state change and then try to more aggressively contact the master > before timing out and taking over.
Problem is, a carp interface is not interested in the state of the syncdev, it is interested in the state of its own carpdev (since multiple carp interfaces on a machine are independent). And carpdev usually faces a switch, so it stays up.
