From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPV6: remove addresses and routes when carrier is lost
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:34:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080603113411.0af753d8@extreme> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080603.105308.196677970.davem@davemloft.net>
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:53:08 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:46:40 -0700
>
> > It is not what desktop users want, that is why it is a dynamic configuration
> > option via /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/ethX/link_detect.
> >
> > But it is what a router wants. So why not allow it? Obviously, Vyatta
> > users expect systems behave same as Cisco.
> >
> > The problem with doing it all in user space are not impossible just more difficult:
> > * links bouncing lead to synchronization problems
> > * existing Quagga code avoids messing with "system routes"
> > * Quagga has to be portable to Solaris/BSD etc..
> >
> > More at:
> > http://osdir.com/ml/network.quagga.devel/2004-08/msg00009.html
>
> If it's a route behavioral attribute, make it as such and add
> a new rtnetlink route attribute. If it's not there, existing
> behavior is maintained.
>
How would this work for system generated routes which occur
when address is added to interface?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-03 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-02 23:52 [PATCH 1/2] IPV4: remove addresses and routes when carrier is lost Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-02 23:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] IPV6: " Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 16:17 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2008-06-03 17:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 17:25 ` David Miller
2008-06-03 17:28 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-03 17:31 ` David Miller
2008-06-03 17:28 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2008-06-03 17:30 ` David Miller
2008-06-03 17:46 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 17:53 ` David Miller
2008-06-03 18:34 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2008-06-03 19:06 ` David Miller
2008-06-03 21:40 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 15:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] IPV4: " Lennart Sorensen
2008-06-03 15:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 16:03 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-03 16:31 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-03 16:44 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-03 21:45 ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-06-03 22:32 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-06-04 13:53 ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-06-03 21:44 ` Lennart Sorensen
2008-06-06 14:56 ` Lennart Sorensen
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