Cathy Zhou wrote: > Paul Durrant wrote: >> On 10/05/07, Cathy Zhou <Cathy.Zhou at sun.com> wrote: >>> >>> The assumption seems wrong for LACP enabled aggregation though - that >>> traffic can go on when the aggregation first created. Is this true? >>> >>> I can change the code the fix it once I got the confirmation that the >>> above >>> assumption is indeed wrong. >>> >> >> Yes, I'd say the assumption is wrong. I'm pretty sure LACP is handled >> independently of stack plumbing and essentially becomes active as soon >> as the aggregation is created. >> > Thanks. I will make changes accordingly. > Think about this more, one question comes up:
Based on the Nemo design doc, no traffic is allowed before m_start() entry point is called. But the aggr driver calls mac_start() to start each port's MAC only in aggr_m_start(), when the aggregation is plumbed. How LACP traffic is able to get through before m_start() is called. - Cathy
