[Xorp-hackers] ospfv3 for IPv6 ospf - oddity

[Ben Greear]

On 05/01/2012 07:47 AM, Eric S. Johnson wrote:
>
> Answering myself.
>
> I kinda decided it is a bug. Everybody else doing V6 ospf seems
> to send metrics with Intra-Area prefix LSA, and everybody else
> seems to want to see them to give a cost to a link.
>
> (everybody else == cisco and quagga :)
>
> Here is a patch a worked up that seems to let xorp
> "do the right thing".
>
> I left in the sending of /128 interface prefix along with
> the /64 network prefix becuase I have no "virtual links" nor
> experience with them. I kinda think that those /128's should be
> advertised ONLY on virtual links and certainly not on broadcast
> networks... But haven't worked that out yet.
>
> Patch is against a git pull on 4-29-2012 but applies clean to
> 1.8.5 also.
>
> C++ is not my native language, and  I am not certain on some OSPF3
> things still, so I would appreciate some feedback.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Anyone out there acutally trying to use xorp ospf6 besides me? :)

We do a bit of testing with it, but not extensively, and only
xorp to xorp so far.

I'm about to do a release of our LANforge product, but as soon
as we kick that out the door I'll add apply this patch unless
someone suggests otherwise.  It looks sane enough to me.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com