Bug#439007: update

[Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe@bepress.com>]

Guys, what works, with either kernel, is to get rid of the /etc/ 
modprobe.d/bonding file defined above, go back to the /etc/modprobe.d/ 
aliases modification, but add max_bonds=2 (or whatever) to the first  
entry.

This from my setup:

# grep -v '^#' /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto bond0
iface bond0 inet static
        address 10.100.2.101
	network 10.100.0.0
        netmask 255.255.0.0
	broadcast 10.100.255.255
        gateway 10.100.0.1
        up ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
        down ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1

auto bond1
iface bond1 inet static
	address 172.16.0.1
	network 172.16.0.0
	netmask 255.240.0.0
	broadcast 172.31.255.255
	up ifenslave bond1 eth2 eth3
	down ifenslave -d bond1 eth2 eth3


# grep bond /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

alias bond0 bonding
options bond0 miimon=100 mode=active-backup max_bonds=2
alias bond1 bonding
options bond1 miimon=100 mode=802.3ad

# ip addr show bond0 && ip addr show bond1

6: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
    link/ether 00:14:4f:ed:fe:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.100.2.101/16 brd 10.100.255.255 scope global bond0
    inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feed:fef0/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: bond1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,10000> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
    link/ether 00:14:4f:ed:fe:f2 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.16.0.1/12 brd 172.31.255.255 scope global bond1
    inet6 fe80::214:4fff:feed:fef2/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

I have checked that this works without any boot error with both the  
current etch stable kernel (2.6.18) and current etchnhalf kernel  
version (2.6.24).

Cheers,
--
Casey Allen Shobe
Database Architect, The Berkeley Electronic Press
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