Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:57:20 +0100 From: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> To: Stef Walter <stef-list@memberwebs.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/134931:[route] [fib] Route messages sent to all socket listeners regardless of setfib Message-ID: <4A9C0F00.7020208@incunabulum.net> In-Reply-To: <200908311720.n7VHK8El047213@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200908311720.n7VHK8El047213@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Stef Walter wrote: > I agree in principle with Mark that having future route messages might > be able to let routing daemons differentiate between various fibs and > manage them, and that this might be a feature.... However any > implementation of that would likely break API and ABI, and very probably > exist purely in FreeBSD 9.x. > Surely a good time for someone to act on the suggestion that we implement the Netlink socket family? It is a Tag-Length-Value protocol, so it can easily adapt to new additions. It exists as an informational RFC, therefore it is not encumbered by the GPL; however it would need to be carefully implemented in FreeBSD. It's who dares wins -- I wouldn't object to doing it, but I'm committed to doing other stuff for the moment.
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