Re: [mpls-linux-general] A confusion about mpls-linux files

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

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:21:55PM +0800, ?????x wrote:
> I am a freshman just involved this field. Sorry about asking some easy questions.
> 
> May you tell me the different between "kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521mpls_1_938a.i686.rpm" and "kernel-2.6.8-1.521mpls_1_938a.i686.rpm" ? I was confused by the name and how to use them? 

Just as with the original fedora 2 kernel there is a RPM that contains the
kernel image itself (vmlinuz) and a RPM for the kernel source that was
used to generate the kernel image.

If you just want to run a MPLS enabled kernel you download
kernel-2.6.8-1.521mpls_1_938a.i686.rpm, if you want to look at the
source code that was used to generate the MPLS enabled kernel, you download
kernel-sourcecode-2.6.8-1.521mpls_1_938a.i686.rpm


> Is "MPLS for Linux project" going to support "Draft-Martini" ? If not, what files (which rpm files) should I download to add Martini feature?

In the forwarding plane:
I have a project called l2cc which enables the linux network stack to
cross connect layer 2 packet onto LSPs.

Currently it is a seperate project and I have not release a kernel that
contains both MPLS and L2CC.  I will be doing that soon. (that kernel will
also contain my Linux VRF code as well).

In the signalling plane:
I have the infrastructure needed to implement the Martini extentions to
LDP, but I have not done the work yet.  I would accept patches that worked
towards this.  If you plan on working on this, let me know and I'll
give you some pointers on where to start.

> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Best Regards.
> 
> Timothy
> 204.10.18

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James R. Leu
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