[Xorp-hackers] SSM/MLDv2 support

Vincent Jardin vjardin@free.fr
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:53:37 +0200


Hi all, 

FYI, with Mickaël, 6WIND has developped the support for Linux 2.4 too.
So you should be able to use either 2.4 and 2.6 with the same API.
The patch is available from his CVS Repository and from his website too:
  
 
http://clarinet.u-strasbg.fr/~hoerdt/linux_ipv6_mforwarding/?topic=Status


Regards,
  Vincent

Le lun 18/10/2004 à 21:35, Pavlin Radoslavov a écrit :
> > > > I was just wondering what the status was on MLDv2 and SSM IPv6?
> > > 
> > > The PIM-SM implementation already supports SSM.
> > > The IGMPv3/MLDv2 implementation hasn't been started yet.
> > > In other words, currently you can use XORP as an intermediate SSM
> > > router (i.e., as long as it doesn't have directly-connected SSM
> > > members).
> > > 
> > Thanks for getting back to me. I wondered if Xorp had been tested on Linux-2.6.7+ with Micheal Hoerdt's new forwarding code: 
> > http://clarinet.u-strasbg.fr/~hoerdt/linux_ipv6_mforwarding/
> 
> Testing it is on my TODO list, but so far I didn't have the time to
> test it. Has anyone tried it already?
> 
> > Also any ideas if/when MLDv2 implementation will start?
> 
> So far the plan is to do this early next year.
> 
> Regards,
> Pavlin
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