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authorHangbin Liu2022-02-21 13:54:57 +0800
committerDavid S. Miller2022-02-21 12:13:45 +0000
commit129e3c1bab24d27d0fa6e505a472345a92d7a2b0 (patch)
tree62198f35e14e68f84fa91de91c27d7a3dbe3d339 /Documentation
parent4e24be018eb9dbcefa4b01c07e298b147dc1a4d7 (diff)
bonding: add new option ns_ip6_target
This patch add a new bonding option ns_ip6_target, which correspond to the arp_ip_target. With this we set IPv6 targets and send IPv6 NS request to determine the health of the link. For other related options like the validation, we still use arp_validate, and will change to ns_validate later. Note: the sysfs configuration support was removed based on https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/8863.1645071997@famine Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
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@@ -313,6 +313,17 @@ arp_ip_target
maximum number of targets that can be specified is 16. The
default value is no IP addresses.
+ns_ip6_target
+
+ Specifies the IPv6 addresses to use as IPv6 monitoring peers when
+ arp_interval is > 0. These are the targets of the NS request
+ sent to determine the health of the link to the targets.
+ Specify these values in ffff:ffff::ffff:ffff format. Multiple IPv6
+ addresses must be separated by a comma. At least one IPv6
+ address must be given for NS/NA monitoring to function. The
+ maximum number of targets that can be specified is 16. The
+ default value is no IPv6 addresses.
+
arp_validate
Specifies whether or not ARP probes and replies should be