Re: [mpls-linux-general] (no subject)

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

Why not use the FC3 kernel RPM I provide instead of compiling
your own kernel?

On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 08:24:20AM +0000, rong chen wrote:
> I have done what you said:
> 1. Install Fedora Core 3 on all pc"s
> >>>   2. download the kernel 2.6.9 from
> >>>      www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.9.tar.bz2
> >>>         1. move dowloaded file to /usr/src/
> >>>   3. download mpls files and move them to /usr/src/ directory:
> >>>         1. iproute-2.6.9-3mpls1_946.i386.rpm
> >>>         2. mpls-linux-1.946a.tar.bz2
> >>>   4. in /usr/src/ do this:
> >>>         1. tar xfvj linux-2.6.9.tar.bz2
> >>>         2. tar xfvj mpls-linux-1.946a.tar.bz2
> >>>   5. next:
> >>>         1. cd linux-2.6.9
> >>>         2. pathc ?p1 < ../mpls-linux/patches/linux-kernel.diff
> >>>   6. after you pathced the kernel with mpls, you have to configure it
> >>>         1. www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html
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> <http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html>
> >>>         2. + Device Drivers
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + Networking Support
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + Networking Support
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + Networking Options
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> [y] Multiprotocol Label Switching
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + TCP/IP networking
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> [y] IP: MPLS support
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + Networking packet filtering (replaces ipchains)
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> + IP: Netfilter Configuration
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> [y] IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)
> >>>            |
> >>>            +-> [y] spec_nh target support
> >>>
> >>>            [root@panos linux-2.6.9]# make
> >>>            [root@panos linux-2.6.9]# make modules_install
> >>>            [root@panos linux-2.6.9]# make install
> >>>         3. and do reboot
> >>>   7. after these steps there is one thing to do:
> >>>         1. in /usr/src/ directory do this (if is needed file here)
> >>>         2. rpm ?Uvh iproute-2.6.9-3mpls1_946.i386.rpm
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> but when I run "mpls nhlfe add key 0" I got error
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> RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
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> and "mpls nhlfe show" got strange error
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> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1702127664=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1819213824=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1685417325 propagate_ttl=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1953853036 propagate_ttl=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1735550256=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
> NHLFE entry key 0x00000000 mtu 1936290864=20
>          (0 bytes, 0 pkts, 0 dropped)
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> "mpls labelspace add dev eth0 labelspace 0" got error
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> RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address
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> But other tools like iptables, ip work well.
> .
> Could you help me  ?
> thank you!!!!
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> davis chen
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