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authordelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2010-10-08 21:29:48 +0000
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Document net.link.lagg.failover_rx_all.
MFC after: 1 week
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@@ -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 validate if the port is active or
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
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