Commit 3f8b4b13 authored by Andy Gospodarek's avatar Andy Gospodarek Committed by Jeff Garzik

bonding: update docs to correctly reflect arp_ip_target behavior

This documentation patch hopes to clarify that the '+' was only needed
for Fedora 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and 5.1.  After that the
IP addreses could be added as a comma separated list just like the
module option.
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
parent 237f3e1d
...@@ -922,17 +922,19 @@ USERCTL=no ...@@ -922,17 +922,19 @@ USERCTL=no
NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration. NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration.
For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora
7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and, 7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible,
indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0 and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
file, e.g. a line of the format: file, e.g. a line of the format:
BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254" BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254"
will configure the bond with the specified options. The options will configure the bond with the specified options. The options
specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters
except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older
separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When
added to the list of queried targets, e.g., using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and
should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of
queried targets, e.g.,
arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2
...@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g., ...@@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or
/etc/modprobe.conf. /etc/modprobe.conf.
For older versions of initscripts that do not support For even older versions of initscripts that do not support
BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module /etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module
with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The
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