[Xorp-hackers] static xrl interface calls

[Li Zhao]

I am studying the code so I have not coded anything. What I am working on is to write a control plane process which will add and delete some special static routes. These static routes can be redistributed by ospf etc. The the new daemon will use the xrl interface calls. I do not want this process talk to rtrmgr because the config tree structure is adding unnecessary complixity. This new process can be started by rtrmgr when rtrmgr starts. Then I want this new process update the static routes directly to xorp_static_routes. Then the problem is how to start xorp_static_routes and its depending processes like fea/fib/policy and make them working properly with xrl finder. This is a really a pain for me because I have just started to learn xorp for a few weeks.

I am thinking if there is a simple API by which a process other than xorpsh can ask rtrmgr to start static_routes.

Another problem. Commit is taking awkawrdly long time.

Thanks.
--- On Tue, 10/13/09, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:

> From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xorp-hackers] static xrl interface calls
> To: "Li Zhao" <lizhaous2000 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: xorp-hackers at icir.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 1:15 PM
> On 10/12/2009 12:58 PM, Li Zhao
> wrote:
> > The last piece of puzzle was solved. The task which
> was added to the task manager was a TaskXrlItem. When this
> task was fired, the execute method in TaskXrlItem was asking
> _xorp_client to send a unresolved xrl request.
> >
> > The reason why XrlStaticRoutesV0p1Client methods were
> not called, I guess, was because rtrmgr needs to utilize its
> task and taskmanager mechanism. If there is another process
> which does not have moduel, task, or taskmanager, then
> XrlStaticRoutesV0p1Client methods can be used directly and
> will have the similar code flow eventually.
> >
> > Li
> 
> So, did you get this working?  If you have a patch,
> please post it...
> 
> Thanks,
> Ben
> 
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> Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
> 
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