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Re: Regression: Bug 196547 - Since 4.12 - bonding module not working with wireless drivers

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From: Dan Williams <dcbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:22:41 -0500

> My biggest suggestion is that perhaps bonding should grow hysteresis
> for link speeds. Since WiFi can change speed every packet, you probably
> don't want the bond characteristics changing every couple seconds just
> in case your WiFi link is jumping around.  Ethernet won't bounce around
> that much, so the hysteresis would have no effect there.  Or, if people
> are concerned about response time to speed changes on ethernet (where
> you probably do want an instant switch-over) some new flag to indicate
> that certain devices don't have stable speeds over time.

Or just report the average of the range the wireless link can hit, and
be done with it.

I think you guys are overcomplicating things.



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