In TLB/ALB modes, when enslaving a slave that has the bond's mac address, allow the operation if no other slave has that address. Should be applied after the cleanup patch set. diff -Nuarp a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c Thu Dec 25 16:09:29 2003 +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c Thu Dec 25 16:09:30 2003 @@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ static void alb_change_hw_addr_on_detach static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave) { struct slave *tmp_slave1, *tmp_slave2, *free_mac_slave; + struct slave *has_bond_addr = bond->curr_active_slave; int i, j, found = 0; if (bond->slave_cnt == 0) { @@ -1050,6 +1051,15 @@ static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_ free_mac_slave = tmp_slave1; break; } + + if (!has_bond_addr) { + if (!memcmp(tmp_slave1->dev->dev_addr, + bond->dev->dev_addr, + ETH_ALEN)) { + + has_bond_addr = tmp_slave1; + } + } } if (free_mac_slave) { @@ -1060,7 +1070,8 @@ static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_ ": Warning: the hw address of slave %s is in use by " "the bond; giving it the hw address of %s\n", slave->dev->name, free_mac_slave->dev->name); - } else { + + } else if (has_bond_addr) { printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME ": Error: the hw address of slave %s is in use by the " "bond; couldn't find a slave with a free hw address to "