[ovs-dev] [PATCH] bond: Allow users to disable rebalancing.

[Ethan Jackson]

Here's an incremental.

---
 NEWS                 |    2 ++
 vswitchd/vswitch.xml |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d7332f8..2565b78 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ post-v1.5.0
         - The default bond_mode changed from SLB to active-backup, to protect
           unsuspecting users from the significant risks of SLB bonds (which are
           documented in vswitchd/INTERNALS).
+        - Load balancing can be disabled by setting the bond-rebalance-interval
+          to zero.
 
 
 v1.5.0 - xx xxx xxxx
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 71fee39..d04a3a2 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -919,12 +919,12 @@
 
         <column name="other_config" key="bond-rebalance-interval"
                 type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0, "maxInteger": 10000}'>
-          For an load balanced bonded port, the number of milliseconds between
+          For a load balanced bonded port, the number of milliseconds between
           successive attempts to rebalance the bond, that is, to move flows
           from one interface on the bond to another in an attempt to keep usage
           of each interface roughly equal.  If zero, load balancing is disabled
-          on the bond.  If less than 1000ms, the rebalance interval will be
-          1000ms.
+          on the bond (carrier status changes still cause flows to move).  If
+          less than 1000ms, the rebalance interval will be 1000ms.
         </column>
       </group>
 
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