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| author | Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> | 2005-06-26 17:54:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-06-26 17:54:11 -0400 |
| commit | 169a3e66637c667b43dab7c319ffd5c99804cad8 (patch) | |
| tree | f10f7c82ca44b871ae1391c5a3d35a65c463fc9b /include/linux | |
| parent | c3ade5cad07f4d67f2e16a28f3c73d9483a55e0e (diff) | |
bonding: xor/802.3ad improved slave hash
Add support for alternate slave selection algorithms to bonding
balance-xor and 802.3ad modes. Default mode (what we have now: xor of
MAC addresses) is "layer2", new choice is "layer3+4", using IP and port
information for hashing to select peer.
Originally submitted by Jason Gabler for balance-xor mode;
modified by Jay Vosburgh to additionally support 802.3ad mode. Jason's
original comment is as follows:
The attached patch to the Linux Etherchannel Bonding driver modifies the
driver's "balance-xor" mode as follows:
- alternate hashing policy support for mode 2
* Added kernel parameter "xmit_policy" to allow the specification
of different hashing policies for mode 2. The original mode 2
policy is the default, now found in xmit_hash_policy_layer2().
* Added xmit_hash_policy_layer34()
This patch was inspired by hashing policies implemented by Cisco,
Foundry and IBM, which are explained in
Foundry documentation found at:
http://www.foundrynet.com/services/documentation/sribcg/Trunking.html#112750
Signed-off-by: Jason Gabler <jygabler@lbl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/if_bonding.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/if_bonding.h b/include/linux/if_bonding.h index 57024ce2c74f..84598fa2e9de 100644 --- a/include/linux/if_bonding.h +++ b/include/linux/if_bonding.h @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ * * 2003/12/01 - Shmulik Hen <shmulik.hen at intel dot com> * - Code cleanup and style changes + * + * 2005/05/05 - Jason Gabler <jygabler at lbl dot gov> + * - added definitions for various XOR hashing policies */ #ifndef _LINUX_IF_BONDING_H @@ -80,6 +83,10 @@ #define BOND_DEFAULT_MAX_BONDS 1 /* Default maximum number of devices to support */ +/* hashing types */ +#define BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER2 0 /* layer 2 (MAC only), default */ +#define BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER34 1 /* layer 3+4 (IP ^ MAC) */ + typedef struct ifbond { __s32 bond_mode; __s32 num_slaves; |