When using layer2 or layer2+3 hash, only the 5th byte of the MAC addresses is used. Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst index 525e6842dd33..43be3782e5df 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst @@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and packet type ID field to generate the hash. The formula is - hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID + hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID slave number = hash modulo slave count This algorithm will place all traffic to a particular @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ xmit_hash_policy Uses XOR of hardware MAC addresses and IP addresses to generate the hash. The formula is - hash = source MAC XOR destination MAC XOR packet type ID + hash = source MAC[5] XOR destination MAC[5] XOR packet type ID hash = hash XOR source IP XOR destination IP hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 16) hash = hash XOR (hash RSHIFT 8) -- 2.25.1
