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| author | Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> | 2007-12-06 23:40:34 -0800 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-12-07 15:00:32 -0500 |
| commit | 6f6652be183c8c7cb99c646dd7494ab45e4833ba (patch) | |
| tree | 8ab3acaa0f7887aad46d0a1dd10f800312d657fa /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | b63bb739a1d24f395c09f88ff43c54c736a60453 (diff) | |
bonding: Add new layer2+3 hash for xor/802.3ad modes
Add new hash for balance-xor and 802.3ad modes. Originally
submitted by "Glenn Griffin" <ggriffin.kernel@gmail.com>; modified by
Jay Vosburgh to move setting of hash policy out of line, tweak the
documentation update and add version update to 3.2.2.
Glenn's original comment follows:
Included is a patch for a new xmit_hash_policy for the bonding driver
that selects slaves based on MAC and IP information. This is a middle
ground between what currently exists in the layer2 only policy and the
layer3+4 policy. This policy strives to be fully 802.3ad compliant by
transmitting every packet of any particular flow over the same link.
As documented the layer3+4 policy is not fully compliant for extreme
cases such as ip fragmentation, so this policy is a nice compromise
for environments that require full compliance but desire more than the
layer2 only policy.
Signed-off-by: "Glenn Griffin" <ggriffin.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 29 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index 11340625e363..6cc30e0d5795 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -554,6 +554,30 @@ xmit_hash_policy This algorithm is 802.3ad compliant. + layer2+3 + + This policy uses a combination of layer2 and layer3 + protocol information to generate the hash. + + Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to + generate the hash. The formula is + + (((source IP XOR dest IP) AND 0xffff) XOR + ( source MAC XOR destination MAC )) + modulo slave count + + This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular + network peer on the same slave. For non-IP traffic, + the formula is the same as for the layer2 transmit + hash policy. + + This policy is intended to provide a more balanced + distribution of traffic than layer2 alone, especially + in environments where a layer3 gateway device is + required to reach most destinations. + + This algorithm is 802.3ad complient. + layer3+4 This policy uses upper layer protocol information, @@ -589,8 +613,9 @@ xmit_hash_policy or may not tolerate this noncompliance. The default value is layer2. This option was added in bonding -version 2.6.3. In earlier versions of bonding, this parameter does -not exist, and the layer2 policy is the only policy. + version 2.6.3. In earlier versions of bonding, this parameter + does not exist, and the layer2 policy is the only policy. The + layer2+3 value was added for bonding version 3.2.2. 3. Configuring Bonding Devices |