Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:13:16 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> To: James <haesu@towardex.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: route cacheing for gif(4) should be optional Message-ID: <20041126091316.GA84369@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <20041126025510.GA44246@scylla.towardex.com> References: <20041125140641.GA78210@cell.sick.ru> <20041126025510.GA44246@scylla.towardex.com>
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 09:55:10PM -0500, James wrote: J> On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 05:06:41PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: J> > Back to this problem: J> > J> > http://freebsd.rambler.ru/bsdmail/freebsd-net_2004/msg01305.html J> > J> > I've found two more people who dislike this feature of gif(4). J> > So I'd like to make it optional. J> > J> > We already have LINK2 flag removing sourceroute filter from gif(4), J> > which is commonly used in asymmetrically routed networks. I suggest J> > to use this flag also for disabling route cacheing, since asymmetricity J> > often appears in dynamically routed networks, and if one runs dynamic J> > routing, he probably wants to remove route cacheing, too. J> J> I'd think we should create a separate option for removing the route J> cache. Sometimes, certain people want to use the tunnel at the highest J> maximum performance possible with both sourceroute filter disabled J> and tunneling routes allocated at their creation time. Perhaps link3 is a J> good place for this option? There is no LINK3 flag :) However, gif(4) does not use LINK0 flag. It was used in past. We can utilize it now. Any objections? -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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