[Xorp-users] Linux IPv6 PIM SM support

[Chris Robson NRL]

Pavlin

This is good news.  However, I am running into some difficulty compiling 
pim6sd-0.1b.  But based on what you just said maybe I should not be using 
this pim release at all.  I have managed to easily integrate the Hoerdt's 
changes into the latest Fedora Core 4 2.6.14-1.1637 updates.  The question 
then is, the pim6sd-0.1b code, is that not required anymore because all the 
PIM SM IPv6 exists in XORP now?  (by-the-by I did pull a CVS release 
yesterday prior to building xorp).

As for summaries, roger on that...........

Thanks for the help.......chris

At 09:27 PM 11/21/2005, Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
> > What is the current state of fairs with PIM SM support for Linux?  About a
> > year ago I did some work with Hoerdt's implementation.  Is this still the
> > best route to go?
>
>Recently there was a xorp-hackers ML thread about this:
>http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/pipermail/xorp-hackers/2005-October/thread.html
>[Check the emails with subject "XORP PIMSM6 and IPv6 multicast
>forwarding patch"].
>
>To summarize, now the lastest XORP code in CVS can compile with
>Hoerdt's IPv6 PIM-SM support for Linux with the caveat that
>/usr/include/linux/mroute6.h needs to be installed by hand and
>modified a bit. In the following email that is a patch with a quick
>hack that comments-out the problematic definitions inside mroute6.h:
>http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/pipermail/xorp-hackers/2005-October/000582.html
>
>Myself I was able to start the XORP IPv6 PIM-SM module on a Linux
>kernel with the mods, and I could see the IPv6 multicast forwarding
>interfaces installed in the kernel, but so far I haven't got the
>time to perform more thoughtful tests (forwarding, etc).
>FYI, I was using Fedora Core4 with Usagi's snapshot from the end of
>October 2005, because the Usagi's tree already includes Hoerdt's
>mods.
>
>If you try the Linux IPv6 PIM-SM support, please send a summary of
>your experience to the list.
>
>Pavlin
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