Cannot set eth10 as a primary device on RHEL5/6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, prior to 6.2.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, prior to 5.8.

Issue

  • Configured bonding with "eth1" and "eth10". And set "eth10" in primary slave.
  • However, "eth1" device is set at primary slave.

Resolution

  • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Update to kernel-2.6.32-220.el6 (from RHSA-2011-1530) or later.
  • For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update to kernel-2.6.18-308.el5 (from RHSA-2012-0150) or later.

Root Cause

  • The source code does not handle the length of the device's name properly.

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