These are some changes that update some of the distro-specific details
in for configuring bonding.
Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
bonding.txt | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index 1da5666..52fc1d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ the system /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf
configuration file.
------------------------------------------
This section applies to distros using a version of initscripts
-with bonding support, for example, Red Hat Linux 9 or Red Hat
-Enterprise Linux version 3 or 4. On these systems, the network
-initialization scripts have some knowledge of bonding, and can be
+with bonding support, for example, Red Hat Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise
+Linux version 3, 4 or 5, Fedora, etc. On these systems, the network
+initialization scripts have some knowledge of bonding, and can be
configured to control bonding devices.
These distros will not automatically load the network adapter
@@ -802,15 +802,20 @@ BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
USERCTL=no
+BONDING_OPTS="mode=balance-alb miimon=100"
Be sure to change the networking specific lines (IPADDR,
NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration.
+You also need to set the BONDING_OPTS= line to specify the desired
+options for your bond0 interface. Specifying bonding options in this
+way is the preferred method for configuring bonding interfaces.
- Finally, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
+ It is no longer necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding
module with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought
up. The following lines in /etc/modules.conf (or modprobe.conf) will
-load the bonding module, and select its options:
+load the bonding module, and select its options but this is no longer
+the preferred method.
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=balance-alb miimon=100
@@ -826,8 +831,9 @@ up and running.
---------------------------------
Recent versions of initscripts (the version supplied with
-Fedora Core 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is reported to work) do
-have support for assigning IP information to bonding devices via DHCP.
+Fedora Core 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and later is reported to
+work) do have support for assigning IP information to bonding devices
+via DHCP.
To configure bonding for DHCP, configure it as described
above, except replace the line "BOOTPROTO=none" with "BOOTPROTO=dhcp"
@@ -837,18 +843,19 @@ is case sensitive.
3.2.2 Configuring Multiple Bonds with Initscripts
-------------------------------------------------
- At this writing, the initscripts package does not directly
-support loading the bonding driver multiple times, so the process for
-doing so is the same as described in the "Configuring Multiple Bonds
-Manually" section, below.
-
- NOTE: It has been observed that some Red Hat supplied kernels
-are apparently unable to rename modules at load time (the "-o bond1"
-part). Attempts to pass that option to modprobe will produce an
-"Operation not permitted" error. This has been reported on some
-Fedora Core kernels, and has been seen on RHEL 4 as well. On kernels
-exhibiting this problem, it will be impossible to configure multiple
-bonds with differing parameters.
+ Initscripts packages that are included with Fedora 7 and Red
+Hat Enterprise Linux 5 support multiple bonding interfaces by simply
+specifying the appropriate BONDING_OPTS= in ifcfg-bondX where X is
+the number of the bond. Other distros may not include support in
+initscripts for multiple bonding interfaces, so you may need to follow
+the process as described in the "Configuring Multiple Bonds Manually"
+section, below.
+
+ It has been observed that much older kernels are apparently
+unable to rename modules at load time (the "-o bond1" part). Attempts
+to pass that option to modprobe will produce an "Operation not
+permitted" error. On kernels exhibiting this problem, it will be
+impossible to configure multiple bonds with differing parameters.
3.3 Configuring Bonding Manually with Ifenslave
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