Re: [linux-vrf-core] vrfctl integrated into iproute2

[James R. L. <jl...@mi...>]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 07:08:13PM +0200, Alex Peuchert wrote:
> Hi James,
> it's cool to see my name in the P4 directory.
> 
> What do you mean by 'using netlink for vrf creation'? I'm pretty new to
> Linux kernel development... :-(
> 
> I also have two other points concerning linux-vrf:
> - I was able to ping all local IP adresses although they were not in the
> same VRF -> not good

Indeed.  That is not good. I'll have to look into that.
Could you file a bug for this? (http://sf.net/projects/linux-vrf)

> - there is only one arp table. shouldn't every VRF have it's own?

I remember looking into this, but I don't think it is required because
part of the key for the lookup in the arp table is the interface index.

> What do you think?

I suppose a simple test would be to create two VRFs and have the same
next hop attached to each and see what happens.

> > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: James R. Leu [mailto:jl...@mi...]
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 26. September 2003 17:58
> > An: Alex Peuchert
> > Cc: lin...@li...
> > Betreff: Re: [linux-vrf-core] vrfctl integrated into iproute2
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the patch, I have applied it to my tree with minor
> > modifications
> > (added your name to the top of ipvrf.c, had ipvrf.c include
> > linux/sockios.h
> > for the VRF ioctl numbers as opposed to hard coding them.)  If
> > you're looking
> > for another project, I know one of the complaints from the netdev
> > maintainters is that the creation of VRFs is done via ioctl() calls.  They
> > would prefer that it uses netlink.
> >
> > > - alex
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > James R. Leu
> > jleu at internetnoc.com
> > iNOC -> http://internetnoc.com/

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