Bonding: add arp_missed_max option

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / Documentation / networking / bonding.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
index 31cfd7d..e5a07cb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
@@ -421,6 +421,17 @@ arp_all_targets
                consider the slave up only when all of the arp_ip_targets
                are reachable
 
+arp_missed_max
+
+       Specifies the number of arp_interval monitor checks that must
+       fail in order for an interface to be marked down by the ARP monitor.
+
+       In order to provide orderly failover semantics, backup interfaces
+       are permitted an extra monitor check (i.e., they must fail
+       arp_missed_max + 1 times before being marked down).
+
+       The default value is 2, and the allowable range is 1 - 255.
+
 downdelay
 
        Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before disabling