Intel's ANS Driver -vs- Bonding [was Re: Linux 2.2.18pre21]
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EtherChannel. Supposedly, it also supports failover (though even "bonding" driver docs used to say that was impossible because the linux networking
subsystem
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didn't handle card failures gracefully enough).
the new bonding code supports failover. It probes the cards itself. Although this is a recommended mode of operation, it is not the default one because I want it to keep fully compatible with any implementation based on the old one.
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http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/100Linux.htm
I'll take a look, but except for the XOR sending algo, I don't think much features are missing.
Willy
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