Bug 717850

Summary:	miss xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3 in modinfo bonding output
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Liang Zheng <lzheng>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Weiping Pan <wpan>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Petr Beňas <pbenas>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	5.7	CC:	haliu, herbert.xu, kzhang, pbenas, pstehlik, qcai, ruyang, tgraf, wpan
Target Milestone:	rc
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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.18-283.el5	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clone Of:	706018	Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-02-21 03:42:26 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	706018
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Description Liang Zheng 2011-06-30 07:50:23 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #706018 +++

Description of problem:
miss xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3 in modinfo bonding output

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.32-131.0.15.el6

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1.modinfo bonding | grep xmit_hash_policy

  
Actual results:
miss "2 for layer2+3 "

Expected results:


Additional info:
[root@hp-dl585g7-02 ~]# modinfo bonding | grep  xmit_hash_policy
parm:           xmit_hash_policy:XOR hashing method: 0 for layer 2 (default), 1 for layer 3+4 (charp)

--- Additional comment from wpan on 2011-05-25 06:07:16 EDT ---

Created attachment 500769 [details]
update xmit_hash_policy module parameter description

I send the patch to netdev.org,
and wait for response.

Comment 1 Weiping Pan 2011-07-27 06:33:14 UTC

90e62474fd08e16ba5309886c801243b0eb782f3

This commit can resolve this bug.

Comment 2 Weiping Pan 2011-08-12 01:42:06 UTC

I've posted a patch to rh-kernel-list, and waiting for reviews.

http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/rhkernel-list/2011-August/msg01304.html

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2011-08-18 12:51:54 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 6 Jarod Wilson 2011-08-30 19:23:13 UTC

Patch(es) available in kernel-2.6.18-283.el5
You can download this test kernel (or newer) from http://people.redhat.com/jwilson/el5
Detailed testing feedback is always welcomed.

Comment 8 Petr Beňas 2011-10-17 07:38:47 UTC

Reproduced in 2.6.18-282.el5 and verified in 2.6.18-283.el5.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 03:42:26 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0150.html