From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [NET 02/06]: Introduce RTA_TABLE/FRA_TABLE attributes Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:09:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060810.230959.66804631.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060810192957.14867.71965.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> <20060810193000.14867.49807.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, patrick@tykepenguin.com Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:35013 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751563AbWHKGJu (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:09:50 -0400 To: kaber@trash.net In-Reply-To: <20060810193000.14867.49807.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Patrick McHardy Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:30:00 +0200 (MEST) > [NET]: Introduce RTA_TABLE/FRA_TABLE attributes > > Introduce RTA_TABLE route attribute and FRA_TABLE routing rule attribute > to hold 32 bit routing table IDs. Usespace compatibility is provided by > continuing to accept and send the rtm_table field, but because of its > limited size it can only carry the low 8 bits of the table ID. This > implies that if larger IDs are used, _all_ userspace programs using them > need to use RTA_TABLE. > > Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Applied, thanks Patrick.