[Xorp-hackers] Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c src/sys/net if.c if.h

[Vincent Jardin]

My 2 cents: FreeBSD 6 could support Netlink too ;-)

I know that Linux could have supported PF_ROUTE, but it did not ;-(
So why not FreeBSD could support Netlink ;-) 

Regards,
  Vincent



On Friday 03 September 2004 01:16, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to admit to a certain amount of culpability here, as I wasn't really
> thinking through all of the implications of Brooks' change when I agreed
> 'yes, having an epoch timer which makes us less susceptible to roll-over
> where struct ifnet and SNMP are concerned, is a good idea'.
>
> Refactoring the PF_ROUTE ABI is probably a task for the 6-CURRENT lifetime.
> If done right, we could MT5 it as we go along.
>
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:36:44AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > BTW, in case nobody noticed.. nothing sets the routing socket abi
> > version number, and nothing checks it.  No versions are even defined.
> > Well.. version 0 is implicit I guess. :-)
>
> Yeah. This is a pain.  There are a number of sticky things about routing
> socket messages as they are right now.
>
> This probably needs to happen using a different protocol family to begin
> with, with the old PF_ROUTE kept on board as a shim; notice that PF_KEY_V2
> is explicitly numbered as such, and has much in common with how routing
> sockets and messages are dealt with.
>
> A Tag/Length/Value scheme might be more appropriate; things like dealing
> with netmasks are very hairy indeed.
>
> This is not so much on my TODO list as my WISHLIST right now, XORP could
> certainly benefit.
>
> BMS