Re: [mpls-linux-general] MPLS implementation on Linux

[Adrian P. <adr...@gm...>]

Hello David,

Can you post the steps you're following and the errors from the compilation?


On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:35 PM, James R. Leu <jl...@mi...> wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> Replying-inline
>
> On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 04:16:18PM +0200, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?David_Mart=EDnez_
> wrote:
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> > First of all, i have to tell that i am newbie on MPLS and i would
> > appreciate any suggestion or help about the topic.
> > I am trying to implement MPLS 1.950 as in the guide
> >
> http://www.elcom.pub.ro/~adrian.popa/mpls-linux/mpls-linux-docs/1-3-installation.html<http://www.elcom.pub.ro/%7Eadrian.popa/mpls-linux/mpls-linux-docs/1-3-installation.html>
> > I am using Kubuntu 7.10 (kernel 2.6.22-14) and i am trying to compile
> > linux kernel 2.6.15.1 (after being patched for MPLS 1.950). For doing
> > the compilation i have followed a lot of "how to compile" found on the
> > Internet but finally nothing worked out, giving all kind of errors and
> > warnings. I also tried to modify the gcc version and compile other
> > MPLS-patched kernel versions obtaining the same result.
> >
> > I am really frustrated about this and i would like to know which
> > method you used for implementing MPLS on Linux, which guide you
> > followed, or which Linux distribution.
>
> There are a couple of options available to you.
>
> I do all my development and testing on fedora.  Currently fedora 8 is
> my distribution of choice, but I support fedora 7 as well.  I will
> being the process of supporting fedora 9 in the coming weeks.  With
> this in mind, using fedora 8 is the easiest path to running a physical
> machine with MPLS support.
>
> If you are just looking for an experimental network you should consider
> NetKit which has added MPLS support recently.
>
>    http://www.netkit.org/
>
> It uses User Mode Linux to provide a simulated network environment.
>
> The path you are currently on is an option as well, but is only suggested
> for those who know the intimate details of how to build kernel packages
> for their distribution.
>
> > Thank you very much in advance,
> >
> > David
> >
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