Re: How to correctly create multiple bonding interfaces in kernel 2.6.29.6

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 16:21 -0500, Hugo wrote:
> Matt,
> 
> This OpenFiler 2.3, which based on rPath Linux, which I believe follow 
> a little the RedHat line.
> 
> I do not think the Debian  based commnds / mehtods work for this...
> 
> Yes, I have been reading the kernel docs a lot, bonding.txt...
> I have been trying all those methods.
> 
> I think I always ended with the stability issue: 10 s of working pings 
> and 10 s of time outs...
> 
> I was mainly trying to use the full "install bond0 /sbin/modprobe" 
> commands in modprobe.conf.
> 
> By the way, I have 2 x e1000 (Intel Gigabit) and 2 x tg3 (NetXtreme).
> 
> What else?

What type of switching gear are you connected to? Are you sure that is
configured correctly?

I would try factoring out the settings of your bond from the modprobe
command to echo's to /sys/. Then you don't need to rm the module and
reprobe it back in.  

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