[Xorp-users] error with XRLs

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

> > In your first email you said that you have declared inside your
> > bgp_beacon.hh file the variable
> > 
> > EventLoop _eventloop;
> > 
> > One thing that comes to mind is that you may have end-up with more
> > than one eventloop. Inside your program you cannot have more than
> > one. Hence, I'd recommend that you declare the eventloop inside the
> > main program, and then pass it as a reference to the BgpBeacon
> > constructor.
> 
> I was only creating one instance of bgp_beacon, but I made the variable
> static just to be safe.
> 
> >     In your case it may be sufficient to add
> >     a config statement like:
> > 
> > protocols {
> >     bgp_beacon {
> >     }
> > }
> 
> I did this and my program gets started right after the bgp module.
> 
> I still get the error "XrlRouter failed.  No Finder?" and then my module
> abnormally exits.  Here is how I declare my XrlRouter:
> 
> HEADER FILE:
> ------------
> XrlStdRouter *_xrl_router;
> 
> SOURCE FILE:
> ------------
> in my ctor() I have the following two lines:
> 
> _xrl_router = new XrlStdRouter(_eventloop, "bgp_beacon");
> wait_until_xrl_router_is_ready(_eventloop, *_xrl_router);
> 
> I am under the impression that I am using the default finder host and
> finder port.  Should I try specifying them?

You could, but I don't know whether it will make a difference.
In general, please have a look in
static_routes/xorp_static_routes.cc how it is done. It is relatively
short and simple, so comparing it against your code may show you
where the problem is. E.g., in the static_routes code, there is
another declaration right before wait_until_xrl_router_is_ready(),
and this declaration _has_ to be before
wait_until_xrl_router_is_ready(). See the code for details, and how
this declaration is related to the XrlStdRouter.

Regards,
Pavlin