From: Vincent Bernat <vincent@bernat.im>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 07:13:02 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: man: more documentation for bond-slave-src-mac-type
X-Git-Tag: 0.7.9~33
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8229c8ebd9ba5bed18c8217dc1d293d176d0d8da;p=thirdparty%2Flldpd.git

man: more documentation for bond-slave-src-mac-type

We document the MAC address used (to be able to find it through Google
or `git grep`). We also explain why the default is `fixed` and when it
should be changed to `local`.
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diff --git a/src/client/lldpcli.8.in b/src/client/lldpcli.8.in
index bc12aaa2..5b964b05 100644
--- a/src/client/lldpcli.8.in
+++ b/src/client/lldpcli.8.in
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ Slave real mac
 .It Sy zero
 All zero mac
 .It Sy fixed
-An arbitrary fixed value (from a 3Com card)
+An arbitrary fixed value
+.Li ( 00:60:08:69:97:ef )
 .It Sy local
 Real mac with locally administered bit set. If the real mac already
 has the locally administered bit set, default to the fixed value.
@@ -256,7 +257,15 @@ has the locally administered bit set, default to the fixed value.
 Default value for
 .Nm bond-slave-src-mac-type
 is
-.Nm fixed
+.Nm fixed .
+Some switches may complain about flapping MAC addresses. In thise case, switch to either
+.Sy zero
+or
+.Sy local .
+Note that there is a slight change that the address generated by
+.Sy local
+can be found somewhere else in your network. This is why this is not
+the default value.
 .Ed
 
 .Cd configure med fast-start