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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
Subject: [LARTC] Re: [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 2.6.20-070313
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:42:40 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45F85E40.6050409@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070314101443.4347efdd@freekitty>

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:32:28 +0100
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> 
>>RTA_* attributes aren't used for routing rules anymore inside
>>the kernel.
> 
> 
> But we need to keep them in iproute2 for back compatibility?

Not really for compatibility, its the numerical values that matter.
iproute hasn't been changed to use the FRA_* attributes for routing
rules, but it might be a good idea to do this before adding the next
RTA_* attribute since RTA_FWMASK doesn't have any meaning for routes
in the kernel, so the next RTA attribute we add could just use the
same value instead of leaving a hole.

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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 2.6.20-070313
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:42:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45F85E40.6050409@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070314101443.4347efdd@freekitty>

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:32:28 +0100
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> 
>>RTA_* attributes aren't used for routing rules anymore inside
>>the kernel.
> 
> 
> But we need to keep them in iproute2 for back compatibility?

Not really for compatibility, its the numerical values that matter.
iproute hasn't been changed to use the FRA_* attributes for routing
rules, but it might be a good idea to do this before adding the next
RTA_* attribute since RTA_FWMASK doesn't have any meaning for routes
in the kernel, so the next RTA attribute we add could just use the
same value instead of leaving a hole.


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@maven.pl>,
	lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 2.6.20-070313
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:42:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45F85E40.6050409@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070314101443.4347efdd@freekitty>

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:32:28 +0100
> Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
> 
>>RTA_* attributes aren't used for routing rules anymore inside
>>the kernel.
> 
> 
> But we need to keep them in iproute2 for back compatibility?

Not really for compatibility, its the numerical values that matter.
iproute hasn't been changed to use the FRA_* attributes for routing
rules, but it might be a good idea to do this before adding the next
RTA_* attribute since RTA_FWMASK doesn't have any meaning for routes
in the kernel, so the next RTA attribute we add could just use the
same value instead of leaving a hole.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-03-14 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-13 22:15 [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 2.6.20-070313 Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-14 11:23 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-03-14 11:24   ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-03-14 12:05   ` [LARTC] " Patrick McHardy
2007-03-14 12:05     ` Patrick McHardy
2007-03-14 12:16     ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2007-03-14 12:32       ` [LARTC] " Patrick McHardy
2007-03-14 12:32         ` Patrick McHardy
2007-03-14 17:14         ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-14 20:42           ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2007-03-14 20:42             ` Patrick McHardy
2007-03-14 20:42             ` Patrick McHardy

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