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SubjectRe: Linux 2.2.18pre21
Matti Aarnio wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:28:46AM +0100, willy tarreau wrote:
>
> From the patch source:
>
> +CONFIG_BONDING
> + Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
> + Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
> + 'Trunking' by Sun, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
>
> I think "bonding" is term used in one particular type
> of ISDN multilink calls.
>
> Cisco Trademark is EtherChannel -- there the capitalization
> is important. We could call it ETHERNETCHANNEL (and even
> "Etherchannel" or "ETHERCHANNEL") get away with it clean.
>
> ...
> > Regards,
> > Willy
>
> /Matti Aarnio

ISDN uses "channel bonding", not bonding. As for "Etherchannel", let us change
it to "EtherChannel" is this is how it is called.

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