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

[Aahil Awatramani]

> > >>    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The status of IEEE 802.1AX-2008[1] is "Superseded Standard".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/
> >
> >       I'm fine to still reference the 2008 (or 2014) standard even
> > though it's superseded; the 2020 standard is much more complicated, and
> > I find it harder to follow (particularly for the coupled / independent
> > control sections, the older standard explains them more clearly in my
> > reading).  Bonding does not implement any of the new things added for
> > the 2020 version, so we're not really missing anything.
> >
> >       That said, as long as the citations are for the correct section
> > (the numbering is not consistent between versions) any version is
> > acceptable.

I have gone ahead and referenced 2008 in the documentation.


On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 11:53 AM Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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The status of IEEE 802.1AX-2008[1] is "Superseded Standard".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/
>
>         I'm fine to still reference the 2008 (or 2014) standard even
> though it's superseded; the 2020 standard is much more complicated, and
> I find it harder to follow (particularly for the coupled / independent
> control sections, the older standard explains them more clearly in my
> reading).  Bonding does not implement any of the new things added for
> the 2020 version, so we're not really missing anything.
>
>         That said, as long as the citations are for the correct section
> (the numbering is not consistent between versions) any version is
> acceptable.
>
>         -J
>
> ---
>         -Jay Vosburgh, jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx