Re: [patch 2.6.11] bonding: avoid tx balance for IGMP (alb/tlb mode)

2005-03-16 Thread John W. Linville
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 04:52:14PM -0800, Rick Jones wrote: > Is that switch behaviour "normal" or "correct?" I know next to nothing As Jay Vosburgh points-out, this patch only effects ALB and TLB modes. These are modes where the link partner is unaware of the bonded configuration. In effect, w

Re: [patch 2.6.11] bonding: avoid tx balance for IGMP (alb/tlb mode)

2005-03-15 Thread Jay Vosburgh
Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > treats IGMP packets the same as all other non-broadcast traffic (i.e. >it >will attempt to load balance). This switch behavior seems rather odd in an >aggregated case, given the fact that most traffic (except broadcast packets) >will be load balanced by the

Re: [patch 2.6.11] bonding: avoid tx balance for IGMP (alb/tlb mode)

2005-03-15 Thread Rick Jones
Is that switch behaviour "normal" or "correct?" I know next to nothing about what stuff like LACP should do, but asked some internal folks and they had this to say: treats IGMP packets the same as all other non-broadcast traffic (i.e. it will attempt to load balance). This switch behavior se

[patch 2.6.11] bonding: avoid tx balance for IGMP (alb/tlb mode)

2005-03-15 Thread John W. Linville
Add special case to bond_alb_xmit() to avoid tx balance for IGMP. Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Some switches (e.g. the Cisco Catalyst 3750) use IGMP snooping to determine which hosts belong to which multicast groups. Typically such switches use a timeout to determine wh