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Re: Implementing 802.3ad-2000 link aggregation under Linux

To: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Implementing 802.3ad-2000 link aggregation under Linux
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:58:25 -0700
Cc: Nick Towers <ncet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Candela Technologies
References: <39A55DEB.94242945@doc.ic.ac.uk> <20000824202203.A4710@fred.muc.de>
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Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:43:29PM +0200, Nick Towers wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am looking at starting a project to implment 802.3ad ethernet link
> > aggregation under Linux. For those of you that have never heard of it
> > I've given a description and a few pointers at the end. Before I
> > launch into it I was wondering if there is anyone else out there who
> >
> > 1) Has started work on an implementation
> 
> I started work some time ago. It is basically an user space problem.

How would it be user-space?  Doesn't it aggregate several physical
layers together into one interface?  That seems like a kernel
level thing to me....

Ben

> 
> -Andi

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