[Xorp-hackers] [Xorp-cvs] XORP cvs commit: xorp/ospf

Atanu Ghosh atanu at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Thu Feb 22 02:12:42 PST 2007


>>>>> "Kristian" == Kristian Larsson <kristian at spritelink.se> writes:

    Kristian> On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:36:45AM +0000, Atanu Ghosh
    Kristian> wrote:
    >> CVSROOT: /usr/local/www/data/cvs Module name: xorp Changes by:
    >> atanu at xorpc.icir.org 2007-02-22 09:36:45 UTC
    >> 
    >> XORP CVS repository
    >> 
    >> 
    >> Modified files: ospf ospf.cc ospf.hh peer_manager.cc
    >> peer_manager.hh vlink.cc vlink.hh
    >> 
    >> Log message: In OSPFv3 hello packets and Router-LSAs carry an
    >> interface ID, for virtual links a unique ID is required that
    >> doesn't clash with with routers real interface IDs. Allocate
    >> pseudo interface IDs starting at 1000 for virtual links. Is this
    >> going to be a problem on windows?

    Kristian> What is the range of interface IDs?  65k? 4m?  Isn't it
    Kristian> better to start at the top and descend when allocating IDs
    Kristian> for these pseudo interfaces?  We have routers with more
    Kristian> than 1000 interfaces...

Okay - good idea the allocation starts from 0xffffffff and is decremented.

     Atanu.



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