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Date:      Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:31:46 +0000
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        Qing Li <qingli@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Vadim Goncharov <vadim_nuclight@mail.ru>, arch@freebsd.org, Ivo Vachkov <ivo.vachkov@gmail.com>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: resend: multiple routing table roadmap (format fix)
Message-ID:  <4780E652.5040804@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <47802137.8020701@elischer.org>
References:  <4772F123.5030303@elischer.org>	<f85d6aa70712261728h331eadb8p205d350dc7fb7f4c@mail.gmail.com>	<477416CC.4090906@elischer.org>	<opt4c0imk24fjv08@nuclight.avtf.net>	<477D2EF3.2060909@elischer.org>	<opt4g4kcis17d6mn@nuclight.avtf.net> <47802137.8020701@elischer.org>

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Julian Elischer wrote:
>>
>> OK, but we should think about it in the future. In theory, routing 
>> socket's messages are easily extendable with FIB number in uint16_t, 
>> as message keeps it's length...
>
> I will do that with the advice of people who know that protocol better 
> than I do.

I'm afraid Linux is still ahead of the game here. They adopted a 
tag-length-value protocol called NETLINK which solves many of the 
problems inherent in PF_ROUTE. It even has an RFC.

BMS



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