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bonding: update docs to correctly reflect arp_ip_target behavior
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This documentation patch hopes to clarify that the '+' was only needed
for Fedora 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and 5.1.  After that the
IP addreses could be added as a comma separated list just like the
module option.

Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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NETMASK, NETWORK and BROADCAST) to match your network configuration.

For later versions of initscripts, such as that found with Fedora
7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible, and,
indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
7 (or later) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (or later), it is possible,
and, indeed, preferable, to specify the bonding options in the ifcfg-bond0
file, e.g. a line of the format:

BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.254"
BONDING_OPTS="mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.254"

will configure the bond with the specified options. The options
specified in BONDING_OPTS are identical to the bonding module parameters
except for the arp_ip_target field. Each target should be included as a
separate option and should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be
added to the list of queried targets, e.g.,
except for the arp_ip_target field when using versions of initscripts older
than and 8.57 (Fedora 8) and 8.45.19 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2). When
using older versions each target should be included as a separate option and
should be preceded by a '+' to indicate it should be added to the list of
queried targets, e.g.,

arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.1 arp_ip_target=+192.168.1.2

is the proper syntax to specify multiple targets. When specifying
options via BONDING_OPTS, it is not necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf or
/etc/modprobe.conf.

For older versions of initscripts that do not support
For even older versions of initscripts that do not support
BONDING_OPTS, it is necessary to edit /etc/modules.conf (or
/etc/modprobe.conf, depending upon your distro) to load the bonding module
with your desired options when the bond0 interface is brought up. The
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