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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 96 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt | 21 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index a0cda062bc33..8e6b8d3c7410 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -289,35 +289,73 @@ downdelay fail_over_mac Specifies whether active-backup mode should set all slaves to - the same MAC address (the traditional behavior), or, when - enabled, change the bond's MAC address when changing the - active interface (i.e., fail over the MAC address itself). - - Fail over MAC is useful for devices that cannot ever alter - their MAC address, or for devices that refuse incoming - broadcasts with their own source MAC (which interferes with - the ARP monitor). - - The down side of fail over MAC is that every device on the - network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, vs. just updating - a switch or set of switches (which often takes place for any - traffic, not just ARP traffic, if the switch snoops incoming - traffic to update its tables) for the traditional method. If - the gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be disrupted. - - When fail over MAC is used in conjuction with the mii monitor, - devices which assert link up prior to being able to actually - transmit and receive are particularly susecptible to loss of - the gratuitous ARP, and an appropriate updelay setting may be - required. - - A value of 0 disables fail over MAC, and is the default. A - value of 1 enables fail over MAC. This option is enabled - automatically if the first slave added cannot change its MAC - address. This option may be modified via sysfs only when no - slaves are present in the bond. - - This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. + the same MAC address at enslavement (the traditional + behavior), or, when enabled, perform special handling of the + bond's MAC address in accordance with the selected policy. + + Possible values are: + + none or 0 + + This setting disables fail_over_mac, and causes + bonding to set all slaves of an active-backup bond to + the same MAC address at enslavement time. This is the + default. + + active or 1 + + The "active" fail_over_mac policy indicates that the + MAC address of the bond should always be the MAC + address of the currently active slave. The MAC + address of the slaves is not changed; instead, the MAC + address of the bond changes during a failover. + + This policy is useful for devices that cannot ever + alter their MAC address, or for devices that refuse + incoming broadcasts with their own source MAC (which + interferes with the ARP monitor). + + The down side of this policy is that every device on + the network must be updated via gratuitous ARP, + vs. just updating a switch or set of switches (which + often takes place for any traffic, not just ARP + traffic, if the switch snoops incoming traffic to + update its tables) for the traditional method. If the + gratuitous ARP is lost, communication may be + disrupted. + + When this policy is used in conjuction with the mii + monitor, devices which assert link up prior to being + able to actually transmit and receive are particularly + susecptible to loss of the gratuitous ARP, and an + appropriate updelay setting may be required. + + follow or 2 + + The "follow" fail_over_mac policy causes the MAC + address of the bond to be selected normally (normally + the MAC address of the first slave added to the bond). + However, the second and subsequent slaves are not set + to this MAC address while they are in a backup role; a + slave is programmed with the bond's MAC address at + failover time (and the formerly active slave receives + the newly active slave's MAC address). + + This policy is useful for multiport devices that + either become confused or incur a performance penalty + when multiple ports are programmed with the same MAC + address. + + + The default policy is none, unless the first slave cannot + change its MAC address, in which case the active policy is + selected by default. + + This option may be modified via sysfs only when no slaves are + present in the bond. + + This option was added in bonding version 3.2.0. The "follow" + policy was added in bonding version 3.3.0. lacp_rate diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt index 1d2a772506cf..46a9dba11f2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Table of Contents o) Xilinx IP cores p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface q) USB EHCI controllers + r) MDIO on GPIOs VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips 1) The /system-controller node @@ -2870,6 +2871,26 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model. reg = <0xe8000000 32>; }; + r) MDIO on GPIOs + + Currently defined compatibles: + - virtual,gpio-mdio + + MDC and MDIO lines connected to GPIO controllers are listed in the + gpios property as described in section VIII.1 in the following order: + + MDC, MDIO. + + Example: + + mdio { + compatible = "virtual,mdio-gpio"; + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <0>; + gpios = <&qe_pio_a 11 + &qe_pio_c 6>; + }; + VII - Marvell Discovery mv64[345]6x System Controller chips =========================================================== |