[Bugme-new] [Bug 8985] New: bonding: mode parameter does not appear
in kernel
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Thu Sep 6 09:03:24 PDT 2007
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8985
Summary: bonding: mode parameter does not appear in kernel
Product: Networking
Version: 2.5
KernelVersion: 2.4.35.1
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Tree: Mainline
Status: NEW
Severity: high
Priority: P1
Component: Other
AssignedTo: acme at ghostprotocols.net
ReportedBy: davis at coastal.ufl.edu
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.4.34.5
Distribution: Debian (but custom built kernel)
Hardware Environment: x86
Software Environment:
Problem Description:
Upon upgrading from a custom built 2.4.34.5 kernel to a 2.4.35.1 one, we've
ran into a major problem with the bonding.o module. Upon loading this
module, we now see an error something to the effect of "mode parameter does not
appear in kernel". As such, the bonding module stays in default mode of round
robin (which is not what we want) and then spews out the following (somewhat
expected) error:
bonding: Warning: either miimon or arp_interval and arp_ip_target module
parameters must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failures!
see bonding.txt for details.
even though we are calling it with the supposedly missing information:
alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 mode=active-backup miimon=100 primary=eth1 max_bonds=2
Now is where it gets interesting. If, instead of loading the bonding.o
module built from 2.4.35.1, I load the module built from 2.4.34.5 into
the running 2.4.35.1 kernel, the module works fine, no errors. Seeming
to imply that nothing has changed in the core kernel itself, I diff'ed
the working:
linux-2.4.34.5/drivers/net/bonding
with the not working
linux-2.4.35.1/drivers/net/bonding
The .c, .h Makefile and .depend are all the same. The .o's are different (as
expected). The only files which were different were:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 552 Jul 22 12:20 .bond_3ad.o.flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 552 Jul 22 12:20 .bond_alb.o.flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 554 Jul 22 12:20 .bond_main.o.flags
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 158 Jul 22 12:20 .bonding.o.flags
In these files, the same difference in flags existed in each:
Flag 2.4.34.5 2.4.35.1
(working) (not working)
-fno-builtin-strpbrk No Yes
-fno-unit-at-a-time Yes No
The 2.4.35.1 version was built with the .config file from the 2.4.34.5
version. After building with "make xconfig (saving without changing); make
dep; make-kpkg -us -uc buildpackage", the only difference in .config was that
the new version contains the following comments:
# CONFIG_SKGE is not set
# CONFIG_SKY2 is not set
Steps to reproduce:
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