Mariusz Gronczewski <x...@efigence.com> wrote: > I have 2 machines(IBM servers). Both use bnx2 NIC driver but one is VERY > slow to boot thru kernel (2.3s vs 27s)
> Config is: > auto bond508 > allow-hotplug bond508 > iface bond508 inet static > address 1.2.3.4/24 > slaves eth0.508 eth1.508 > bond-mode active-backup Question, separate from your problem: Why do you bond the VLANed interfaces instead of the raw eth0/1 and then VLAN the bond? Is there a special reason you do it that way? I'd expect a configuration like this: auto bond0 iface bond0 inet manual bond_mode active-backup bond_miimon 100 bond_updelay 1000 slaves eth0 eth1 auto bond0.508 iface bond0.508 inet static address 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.