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Subject: Re: [Xorp-cvs] XORP cvs commit: xorp/xrl/interfaces/ fea_ifmgr.xif
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/-- Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
| > /-- Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
| > | Add two new XRLs:
| > | register_all_interfaces_client
| > | unregister_all_interfaces_client
| > |
| > | Those are similar to register_client and unregister_client, except
| > | that the registree is interested in monitoring all interfaces
| > | (i.e., not only those that are configured via XRLs).
| > |
| > | The original register_client and unregister_client XRLs
| > | would be used for registering in monitoring information about
| > | only those interfaces that were configured via XRLs (i.e.,
| > | through the rtrmgr).
| >
| > Err, can I ask why these are needed ? Isn't the rtrmgr is supposed to be t
| he
| > word on configuration state ? Isn't this allowing processes to sign up for
|
| > info about things they are not supposed to know about?
|
| For two reasons primary:
| 1. For debugging purpose if you want to snoop on all interface information
| 2. Temporary for the purpose of MFEA. Currently it is configured
| via shell scripts, and if I don't have the above support it
| simply won't work.
It's a backdoor. If it's for the immediate transition phase I have no problem
with it, but for the longer term...
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