On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Brian Tao wrote:
On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Sam Cramer wrote:
When a node takes over for its partner, it reads the partner's /etc/rc file. The ifconfig commands are processed specially: they are examined for a "partner" clause. If a partner clause is found, the interface named in the partner clause takes over for the interface specified in the ifconfig command. If no partner clause is found, the ifconfig command is ignored.
The documentation implies just the reverse:
The following commands entered on the toaster1 console do the following tasks:
Configure interface e1 on toaster1 to use 198.9.200.28 as its own IP address Configure interface e2 on toaster 1 to use 198.9.200.38 as the partner IP address for toaster2's e1 interface during takeover:
ifconfig e1 198.9.200.28
ifconfig e2 partner 198.9.200.38
The following commands entered on the toaster2 console do the following tasks:
Configure interface e1 on toaster2 to use 198.9.200.38 as its own IP address Configure interface e2 on toaster2 to use 198.9.200.28 as the partner IP address for toaster1's e1 interface during takeover:
ifconfig e1 198.9.200.38
ifconfig e2 partner 198.9.200.28
Your description makes more sense if interface names are in fact used, but with IP addresses the documentation is more convincing. Can you describe what really happens and fix the documentation if it is wrong.
Tom