Unable to change the bonding option 'lacp_rate' on the running system via sysfs
Issue
- Trying to change the
lacp_ratebonding option viasysfsor/sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/lacp_ratefails with error-bash: echo: write error: Operation not permittedas shown below;
[root@localhost ~]# echo 1 > /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/lacp_rate
-bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# echo "fast 1" > /sys/class/net/bond0/bonding/lacp_rate
-bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted
[root@localhost ~]#
- At the same time below messages is generated in
/var/log/messages
Feb 21 19:59:14 localhost kernel: bonding: bond0: Unable to update LACP rate because interface is up.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- bonding
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