From patchwork Mon Jan 24 23:21:37 2011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: =?utf-8?q?Nicolas_de_Peslo=C3=BCan?= X-Patchwork-Id: 80288 X-Patchwork-Delegate: davem@davemloft.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB13FB7102 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:22:19 +1100 (EST) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752615Ab1AXXWO (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:22:14 -0500 Received: from smtp6-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.6]:41280 "EHLO smtp6-g21.free.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751522Ab1AXXWO (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:22:14 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [88.175.177.37]) by smtp6-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FE1082255; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:22:06 +0100 (CET) From: =?UTF-8?q?Nicolas=20de=20Peslo=C3=BCan?= To: fubar@us.ibm.com Cc: davem@davemloft.net, bonding-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr Subject: [PATCH] bonding: update documentation - alternate configuration. Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:21:37 +0100 Message-Id: <1295911297-11438-1-git-send-email-nicolas.2p.debian@free.fr> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.2.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org The bonding documentation used to provide configuration details and examples for initscripts and sysconfig only. This patch describe the third possible configuration: /etc/network/interfaces. Signed-off-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan --- Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 5dc6387..b37e36f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Table of Contents 3.3 Configuring Bonding Manually with Ifenslave 3.3.1 Configuring Multiple Bonds Manually 3.4 Configuring Bonding Manually via Sysfs -3.5 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases +3.5 Configuration with Interfaces Support +3.6 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases 4. Querying Bonding Configuration 4.1 Bonding Configuration @@ -161,8 +162,8 @@ onwards) do not have /usr/include/linux symbolically linked to the default kernel source include directory. SECOND IMPORTANT NOTE: - If you plan to configure bonding using sysfs, you do not need -to use ifenslave. + If you plan to configure bonding using sysfs or using the +/etc/network/interfaces file, you do not need to use ifenslave. 2. Bonding Driver Options ========================= @@ -779,22 +780,26 @@ resend_igmp You can configure bonding using either your distro's network initialization scripts, or manually using either ifenslave or the -sysfs interface. Distros generally use one of two packages for the -network initialization scripts: initscripts or sysconfig. Recent -versions of these packages have support for bonding, while older +sysfs interface. Distros generally use one of three packages for the +network initialization scripts: initscripts, sysconfig or interfaces. +Recent versions of these packages have support for bonding, while older versions do not. We will first describe the options for configuring bonding for -distros using versions of initscripts and sysconfig with full or -partial support for bonding, then provide information on enabling +distros using versions of initscripts, sysconfig and interfaces with full +or partial support for bonding, then provide information on enabling bonding without support from the network initialization scripts (i.e., older versions of initscripts or sysconfig). - If you're unsure whether your distro uses sysconfig or -initscripts, or don't know if it's new enough, have no fear. + If you're unsure whether your distro uses sysconfig, +initscripts or interfaces, or don't know if it's new enough, have no fear. Determining this is fairly straightforward. - First, issue the command: + First, look for a file called interfaces in /etc/network directory. +If this file is present in your system, then your system use interfaces. See +Configuration with Interfaces Support. + + Else, issue the command: $ rpm -qf /sbin/ifup @@ -1327,8 +1332,62 @@ echo 2000 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/arp_interval echo +eth2 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/slaves echo +eth3 > /sys/class/net/bond1/bonding/slaves -3.5 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases +3.5 Configuration with Interfaces Support +----------------------------------------- + + This section applies to distros which use /etc/network/interfaces file +to describe network interface configuration, most notably Debian and it's +derivatives. + + The ifup and ifdown commands on Debian don't support bonding out of +the box. The ifenslave-2.6 package should be installed to provide bonding +support. Once installed, this package will provide bond-* options to be used +into /etc/network/interfaces. + + Note that ifenslave-2.6 package will load the bonding module and use +the ifenslave command when appropriate. + +Example Configurations +---------------------- + +In /etc/network/interfaces, the following stanza will configure bond0, in +active-backup mode, with eth0 and eth1 as slaves. + +auto bond0 +iface bond0 inet dhcp + bond-slaves eth0 eth1 + bond-mode active-backup + bond-miimon 100 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +If the above configuration doesn't work, you might have a system using +upstart for system startup. This is most notably true for recent +Ubuntu versions. The following stanza in /etc/network/interfaces will +produce the same result on those systems. + +auto bond0 +iface bond0 inet dhcp + bond-slaves none + bond-mode active-backup + bond-miimon 100 + +auto eth0 +iface eth0 inet manual + bond-master bond0 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +auto eth1 +iface eth1 inet manual + bond-master bond0 + bond-primary eth0 eth1 + +For a full list of bond-* supported options in /etc/network/interfaces and some +more advanced examples tailored to you particular distros, see the files in +/usr/share/doc/ifenslave-2.6. + +3.6 Overriding Configuration for Special Cases ---------------------------------------------- + When using the bonding driver, the physical port which transmits a frame is typically selected by the bonding driver, and is not relevant to the user or system administrator. The output port is simply selected using the policies of