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Julian Elischer wrote:

>>>more likely he wants something like ng_fec or ng_one2many
>>
>>Unless performance is the reason for bonding the ether channels...
>>
>>Can't we steal the Linux code? ;-)
> 
> is the netgraph version particularly slow?

Not slower than a single ether channel, no ;-)  Considerably
slower than link layer bonding.   The netgraph version provides
a really useful functionality,  and I suppose that 2GB and 10GB
fiber interfaces will do away with any pressure to give us
bonding in the kernel.

Sorry, didn't mean to sound ungrateful.