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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@google.com>2021-12-29 12:06:06 +0100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@google.com>2021-12-29 12:06:06 +0100
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Merge 4.4.297 into android-4.4-p
Changes in 4.4.297 net: usb: lan78xx: add Allied Telesis AT29M2-AF can: kvaser_usb: get CAN clock frequency from device HID: holtek: fix mouse probing IB/qib: Fix memory leak in qib_user_sdma_queue_pkts() qlcnic: potential dereference null pointer of rx_queue->page_ring bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default drivers: net: smc911x: Check for error irq hwmon: (lm90) Fix usage of CONFIG2 register in detect function ALSA: jack: Check the return value of kstrdup() ALSA: drivers: opl3: Fix incorrect use of vp->state ARM: 9169/1: entry: fix Thumb2 bug in iWMMXt exception handling xen/blkfront: fix bug in backported patch ax25: NPD bug when detaching AX25 device hamradio: defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev hamradio: improve the incomplete fix to avoid NPD phonet/pep: refuse to enable an unbound pipe Linux 4.4.297 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@google.com> Change-Id: Ia0deae00fbc04da8f303ac61ade61ccb584542e2
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@@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio
ad_actor_system
In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in
- protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or
- multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this
- mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then
- system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system
- address.
+ protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast
+ address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally
+ use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the
+ local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If
+ the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters'
+ mac address as actors' system address.
This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
SysFs interface.