Re: [mpls-linux-general] RSVP-TE

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

Hello Philippe

I'm sorry, but I haven't managed to get in touch with Pim. I looked at his
implementation of RSVP-TE as a way of distributing labels. Unfortunately I
had problems accessing his code, and I didn't want to switch to an old
version of mpls-linux to be able to use it. Even now I can't access his web
site...

Anyway, I congratulate you for trying to update his rsvp code to use
mpls-linux. I haven't tried this, but I'm curious... after the rsvp
negotiations how does he set up the labels? Does he run a fork();
execlp("mplsadm ..."); command? Or does he use specific mpls-linux methods
to set up LSPs? If he uses the first case (which would be inefficient), it
wouldn't be impossible to modify the code. If its the latter case, you knee=
d
to understand how to use mpls-linux first (which is more difficult).

I noticed that James said there is another project for rsvp-te in quagga. I=
t
might take a while until it is usable (I estimate 2-3 years, depending on
the size of the team). If you consider that it is easier to modify Pim's
rsvp-te to use mpls-linux 1.950, then you should do it, and share the
results with the rest of the world. I'm sure many would find it very useful=
.


Sorry I couldn't help you

Adrian Popa

PS. You could adopt Pim's project as it seems to be abandoned... It would d=
o
a lot of people a lot of good.


On 5/3/06, phi...@bt... <phi...@bt...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using James Leu's MPLS-Linux-1.950 to make some tests and I want to
> add RSVP-TE as an available protocol.
> I have searched on Google for some RSVP-TE daemons and I just found this
> site *http://dmpls.atlantis.ugent.be/#download*<http://dmpls.atlantis.uge=
nt.be/#download>
> Unfortunately, this site is a little old and seems not to be update
> anymore.
> By consulting SourceForge's MPLS-Linux-general archives, I saw that Adria=
n
> Popa tried few months ago to use the daemon I'm talking about=85
>
> So Adrian, did you succeed to contact Pim? Did you use finally RSVP-TE in
> your tests for Linux-MPLS?
> I have started to modify the code of the daemon to use it with
> MPLS-Linux-1.950 but it's a little long and difficult (but maybe
> necessary?)
>
> If someone else has already used RSVP-TE for MPLS-Linux-1.950 or has
> implemented something about that, do not hesitate to reply! ;-)
>
> Many thanks to James Leu and SourceForge!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Philippe
>
> P.S : does someone know what is the purpose of the directory 'rsvpte' in
> 'ldp-portable'? I see there are some files implementing RSVP-TE but I don=
't
> think (according to Linux-MPLS-1.950 documents) that it can be used=85 Ma=
y I
> have more information about this?
>