> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-devel-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-devel-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:39 PM > To: The CentOS developers mailing list. > Subject: Re: [CentOS-devel] RE: [CentOS] 4.5 ALB Bonding Hang > on Shutdown [Bug] > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > >> Since I upgraded from 4.4 to 4.5 my system which has 2 sets > >> of ALB bonded interfaces hangs on shutdown while doing an > >> ifdown on these interfaces. > >> > >> Has anyone else seen this issue with 4.5 and bonding? > > > > I think I found the answer. The new version of bonding has a > > bug in it that doesn't restore the original mac addresses on > > termination and will leave the mac address on the interface it > > was last on. Then, as ifdown is called on each slave it will hit > > a slave whose mac address has changed and is a dup of the other > > slave and it will hang there. > > > > For some reason though if I set a programmable mac address not > > equal to any installed on the system on the bondX interfaces > > it complains the mac has changed, but it doesn't hang, so that > > is my interim work-around, set a unique MACADDR= on each bondX > > interface. > > can you report this as an issue at http://bugs.centos.org/ ? Will do. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.