[mpls-linux-devel] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Porting MPLS-Linux to 2.6 (2.6.0-test9-bk22) comments welcome.

[Harald W. <la...@ne...>]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 02:13:32PM +0100, Ramon Casellas wrote:
> Hi Harald,
>=20
> Thanks for your anwser.

Thanks for creating the new mpls list ;)

> * Jamal and Dave are working on something. As soon as they release the
> code we can get a whole picture of the state of the project. I don't know
> the extent of their rewrite. Maybe jamal and/or Dave can give us an
> overview of their changes. We'll see.

that would definitely be interesting.
>=20
> * In the meantime, we are syncing efforts with James. Right know we have a
> patch that applies to test9. It has mostly been a RFC (Rewrite, Format and
> Comment). What I did was:
>        - Format the existing code, add comments for each function, start
>          documenting, clean up unneeded local variables, conform to C90
>        - Rewrite the procfs implementation to use seq_files (I've tested a
>          little and works)
>        - Clean up the "tunnel" module.
> it compiles, boots and the entries are created in /proc/net/mpls/*
>=20
> * Your netfilter and LSP Ping impl. patch would be must welcome. IIRC
> correctly, James was also working on netfilter (I haven't, so I CC'ed him
> here). James, can you give us an overview of that?

Ok.  As this was written on contract, I am waiting for that company to
give permission to publish that code (any day now).

> * I'm waiting (should come in some days) for James to commit my latest
> changes to the P4 repository.

P4 repository?  Could you please enlighten me on what this is?

> * CVS and sourceforge releases are out of date. We have two
> possibilities: either you set up a p4 client and wait for James commit, or
> I can provide you with a unified diff for 2.6.0-test9 using my private
> copy.

thanks, I've read the patch you've posted=20

> However, I would be glad to take a look at your patches, even if they
> apply to the old code.

They would apply to some quite old version of James R. Leu's code. =20

Anyway, I'll get back to you as soon as I have the permission to publish
that code.

> Best regards

--=20
- Harald Welte <la...@ne...>             http://www.netfilter.org/
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D
  "Fragmentation is like classful addressing -- an interesting early
   architectural error that shows how much experimentation was going
   on while IP was being designed."                    -- Paul Vixie