Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 21:29:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r213632 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201010082129.o98LTmml014957@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: delphij Date: Fri Oct 8 21:29:48 2010 New Revision: 213632 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/213632 Log: Document net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all. MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/lagg.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/lagg.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/lagg.4 Fri Oct 8 20:58:48 2010 (r213631) +++ head/share/man/man4/lagg.4 Fri Oct 8 21:29:48 2010 (r213632) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 29, 2009 +.Dd October 8, 2010 .Dt LAGG 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -73,11 +73,19 @@ The interface link state is used to vali not. .Bl -tag -width loadbalance .It Ic failover -Sends and receives traffic only through the master port. +Sends traffic only through the master port. If the master port becomes unavailable, the next active port is used. The first interface added is the master port; any interfaces added after that are used as failover devices. +.Pp +By default, received traffic is only accepted when they are received +through the master port. +This constraint can be relaxed by setting the +.Va net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable to a nonzero value, +which is useful for certain bridged network setups. .It Ic fec Supports Cisco EtherChannel. This is a static setup and does not negotiate aggregation with the peer or @@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ device as a workaround.) .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ng_fec 4 , .Xr ng_one2many 4 , +.Xr sysctl 8 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Sh HISTORY The
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