[Xorp-hackers] linux VRRP svn xorp

[Ben Greear]

On 03/20/2010 06:13 AM, Eric S. Johnson wrote:
>> Seems to me that if we put a second IP on the interface, then we
>> can let the OS deal with arp and kill the arpd logic entirely.
>
> Yeah, I thought the same thing. In fact it looks like the pseudo arp
> deamon wont "start up" for IP's assigned to the interface, due to
> the Vrrp::check_ownership
>
>>> Would a correct solution be to have xorp set the virtual IP
>>> as a secondary IP on that VIF? If so, what would be the correct
>>> way to do this.. IfTreeVif::add_addr method?
>>
>> Sounds good to me.  I fixed the bug in xorp.ct that caused vrrp
>> to crash early...now I'm seeing similar activity w/regard to
>> the MAC addr being set but no IP visible.
>>
>> I'll poke at the add_addr logic and see what I can get
>> to happen...
>
> Ive been on vacation this last week, but started this before
> I left. Below are the diff I have. Basicly I copied the logic
> for adding the mac, and got as far as vrrp_target where I think
> a XRL needs to be sent, but I hadn't figured out how/what yet,

I think I know how to make XRL & FEA do it's thing...will have a patch
this evening if all goes well.  The work I did yesterday looks very close
to your patch, so hopefully we're on the right track.

Thanks,
Ben

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