[mpls-linux-general] mpls-linux 1.946 released

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

I have just uploaded the binary and source RPMs for mpls-linux 1.946, tarballs
will follow soon.

Release Name: 1.946

Notes:
    The binaries RPMs are built on a Fedora Core 2 installation.  The source
    RPMs can be used to build binary RPMs for other RPM systems.

    Their is no longer a mplsadm2 utility.  The CLI for creating LSPs is now
    implemented in the 'mpls' utility which is part of the iproute2 package.


Changes:
    Kernel changes
    -----------------
    -remove the procfs interface
    -remove most of the sysfs interface
    -remove the IOCTL API
    -finish the netlink API
    -MPLS tunnel interface is no longer a module
    -add counter support to the netlink API

    iproute2 changes
    -------------------
    -add all instructions to the 'mpls' utility
    -add tunnel support to the 'mpls' utility
    -add counter support to the 'mpls' utility
    -add mpls-linux version to -V command

    iptables changes
    ------------------
    -add mpls-linux version to the -V command

    quagga
    ------
    -add the new MPLS framework

I will be updating the mpls-linux.sf.net web page with updated examples
using the 'mpls' utility and the new quagga CLI.

For now here are some simple examples:


'mpls' utility usage
--------------------

    mpls nhlfe add key 0 instructions push gen 16 nexthop wlan0 ipv4 192.168.2.1
    (output: "Key: 0x2")
    mpls ilm add label gen 16 labelspace 0
    mpls labelspace add dev eth0 labelspace 0
    mpls xc add ilm_label gen 16 ilm_labelspace 0 nhlfe_key 0x2
    mpls tunnel add dev mpls0 key 0x2
    ip route add 10.0.0.0/24 via 192.168.2.1 spec_nh 0x8847 0x2

quagga MPLS CLI
---------------

    Ingress LER
    -----------
    iler# conf t
    iler(config)# ip route 10.0.0.0/24 gen 16 nexthop eth1 192.168.2.1
    iler(config)# end
    iler# show mpls forwarding
    Insegments:

    Total 0

    Outsegments:
      Interface          Label Next Hop        Owner
      eth1                  16 192.168.2.1     STATIC
    Total 1

    Cross Connects:

    Total 0

    iler# show ip route 10.0.0.0/24
    Routing entry for 10.0.0.0/24
      Known via "static", distance 1, metric 0, best
      * 192.168.2.1, via eth1 (label 16)

    iler#

    LSR
    ---
    lsr# conf t
    lsr(config)# mpls static 0
    lsr(config-ls)# label-map gen 16 swap gen 17 nexthop eth1 192.168.3.1
    lsr(config-ls)# exit
    lsr(config)# int eth0
    lsr(config-if)# mpls labelspace 0
    lsr(config-if)# end
    lsr# show mpls forwarding
    Insegments:
      Lbl Spc  Label Owner
        0         16 STATIC
    Total 1

    Outsegments:
      Interface          Label Next Hop        Owner
      eth1                  17 192.168.3.1     STATIC
    Total 1

    Cross Connects:
      Lbl Spc  In Label Out Label Interface        Next Hop        Owner
        0            16        17 eth1             192.168.3.1     STATIC
    Total 1

    lsr# show interface eth0
    Interface eth0 is up, line protocol detection is disabled
      index 8 metric 1 mtu 1500 <UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>
      HWaddr: 00:05:5d:a6:e4:33
      MPLS labelspace 0
      inet 192.168.2.1/24 broadcast 192.168.2.255
      inet6 fe80::205:5dff:fea6:e433/64
        input packets 2737, bytes 1650440, dropped 0, multicast packets 0
        input errors 0, length 0, overrun 0, CRC 0, frame 0, fifo 0, missed 0
        output packets 2862, bytes 452923, dropped 0
        output errors 0, aborted 0, carrier 0, fifo 0, heartbeat 0, window 0
        collisions 0
    lsr#

    Egress LER
    ----------

    eler# conf t
    eler(config)# int eth0
    eler(config-if)# mpls labelspace 0
    eler(config-if)# exit
    eler(config)# mpls static 0
    eler(config-ls)# label-map gen 17 pop
    eler(config-ls)# end
    eler# show mpls forwarding
    Insegments:
      Lbl Spc  Label Owner
        0         17 STATIC
    Total 1

    Outsegments:

    Total 0

    Cross Connects:

    Total 0

    eler# show int eth0
    Interface eth0 is up, line protocol detection is disabled
      index 8 metric 1 mtu 1500 <UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST>
      HWaddr: 00:05:5d:a6:e4:33
      MPLS labelspace 0
      inet 192.168.3.1/24 broadcast 192.168.3.255
      inet6 fe80::205:5dff:fea6:e433/64
        input packets 2759, bytes 1657918, dropped 0, multicast packets 0
        input errors 0, length 0, overrun 0, CRC 0, frame 0, fifo 0, missed 0
        output packets 2881, bytes 454579, dropped 0
        output errors 0, aborted 0, carrier 0, fifo 0, heartbeat 0, window 0
        collisions 0
    eler#

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James R. Leu
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