Re: [PATCH 1/2 net-next v2] bonding: Extending LACP MUX State Machine to include a Collecting State.

[Aahil Awatramani]

Thank you folk for your feedback.

Currently due to travelling reasons there will be a slight delay in my updates
but this should be resolved soon and I should be able to provide quicker
iterative feedback.

Thank you again for your reviews,
Aahil

On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 7:46 PM Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 05:38:52PM -0800, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> > >+coupled_control
> > >+
> > >+    Specifies whether the LACP state machine's MUX in the 802.3ad mode
> > >+    should have separate Collecting and Distributing states.
> > >+
> > >+    The default value is 1. This setting does not separate the Collecting
> > >+    and Distributing states, maintaining the bond in coupled control.
> > >+
> >
> >       Please reference the standard in the description; this is
> > implementing the independent control state machine per IEEE 802.1AX-2008
> > 5.4.15 in addition to the existing coupled control state machine.
>
> The status of IEEE 802.1AX-2008[1] is "Superseded Standard". Maybe we should
> use IEEE 802.1AX-2020[2].
>
> [1] https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.1AX/4176/
> [2] https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.1AX/6768/
>
> Thanks
> Hangbin