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From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  Fix routing tables with id > 255 for legacy software
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:49:41 +0200
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On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 05:15:04PM +0200, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Patrick McHardy wrote:
...
>> Your patch makes it more predictable, so I'm not completely
>> opposed, but still its just a workaround.
>
> Indeed - it is a workaround but I believe we need it.
>

IMHO, adding a safety with e.g. CONFIG_IP_FIB_COMPAT_DEPRECATED
(default N) for one stable, letting to change this back in some
(probably nonexistent) strange cases, should be enough to keep up
appearances...

Jarek P.