Re: 2 ports could not bond to a aggregator in 802.3ad mode issue

["Lewis Li" <lachang.li@zyxel.com.tw>]

Yes, you are right. The incorrect behavior is due to we don't setup the 
lacpdu of switch correctly.
The bonding driver is correct. Thanks for your comment!

> I do not believe so.
>
> IEEE 802.3 section 43.3.9 states, in part,
>
> "Links that are not successful candidates for aggregation (e.g.,
> links that are attached to other devices that cannot perform aggregation
> or links that have been manually configured to be non-aggregatable) are
> enabled to operate as individual IEEE 802.3 links. For consistency of
> modeling, such a link is regarded as being attached to a compatible
> Aggregator that can only be associated with a single link. That is, from
> the perspective of Link Aggregation, non-aggregated links are not a
> special case; they compose an aggregation with a maximum membership of
> one link."
>
> I do not see that it is correct to attach the links to a common
> aggregator, as your output indicates that no partner association has
> been created (the Partner MAC is all zeroes) and the links are therefore
> apparently connected to a device that cannot perform aggregation.
>
> ---
> -Jay Vosburgh, IBM Linux Technology Center, fubar@us.ibm.com

Regards,
Lewis Li 

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