Re: Trying to convert an old hand-rolled bonding configuration to NetworkManager

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2012-05-16 at 07:32 -0400, Thomas Graf wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:18:26AM -0400, Andrew Mahone wrote:
> > On May 15, 2012 7:20 AM, "Thomas Graf" <tgraf infradead org> wrote:
> > > It use the same format as the initscripts. Seeé
> > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/System_Administrators_Guide/s1-networkscripts-interfaces.html
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I have a bonding connection set up with type=bond, and a bond section
> > > > in its config:
> > > > [bond]
> > > > interface-name=bond0
> > >
> > > DEVICE=bond0
> > >
> > > > mode=active-backup
> > >
> > > BONDING_OPTS="mode=..."
> > >
> > > ~Thomas
> > 
> > So, do I then also need to switch to using the ifcfg-rh plugin, which
> > I would have to force to build as I don't use a Red Hat derivative?
> > None of the Fedora docs describe things that I actually have on my
> > system, and adding these items to the existing keyfile-plugin-based
> > system connections has no effect.
> 
> Bonding support is currently only available using the ifcfg-rh plugin.

Well, and 'keyfile' which automatically supports everything we add to
NM.  But we're also trying to support anything ifcfg-rh has historically
supported too.

Dan