[Xorp-users] Problem adding routes to custom devices

[Jeff Mitchell]

On 05/20/2010 12:54 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
>> I actually compared logs from running with a normal interface vs. our
>> custom interface and they were basically identical.
>>
>> I did see this:
>>
>> [ 2010/05/19 17:19:21.86898 INFO xorp:3702 RTRMGR
>> rtrmgr/module_manager.cc:94 execute ] Executing module: static_routes
>> (xorp_static_routes)
>>
>> [ 2010/05/19 17:19:21.98138 WARNING xorp:3702 XrlFinderTarget
>> obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/xrl/targets/finder_base.cc:482
>> handle_finder_0_2_resolve_xrl ] Handling method for
>> finder/0.2/resolve_xrl failed: XrlCmdError 102 Command failed Target
>> "static_routes" does not exist or is not enabled.
>
> I don't know exactly why these log messages appear, but they have always
> been there as far as I know, and doesn't seem to cause any harm.

The plot thickens a little bit...

If I look at the interface with "ip link" (or ifconfig) it shows the 
interface to be up. And, indeed, I can pass traffic over it.

However, if I do a "show interfaces" in XORP, it shows NO-CARRIER for 
those interfaces.

I did a quick grep for it and found that it's dependent upon a 
no_carrier boolean function...so next I guess I need to find out where 
that's being set to true, and why. I'll grep through, but if anyone can 
point me quickly to the right spot, bonus.

Thanks,
Jeff