From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: roopa@cumulusnetworks.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com,
dsa@cumulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] neighbour: support for NTF_EXT_LEARNED flag
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:20:58 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180425.132058.208675778907308410.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1524602974-11476-1-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:49:34 -0700
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
>
> This patch extends NTF_EXT_LEARNED support to the neighbour system.
> Example use-case: An Ethernet VPN implementation (eg in FRR routing suite)
> can use this flag to add dynamic reachable external neigh entires
> learned via control plane. The use of neigh NTF_EXT_LEARNED in this
> patch is consistent with its use with bridge and vxlan fdb entries.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
No objection to the patch or the facility, so applied, thanks.
What exactly is the name of this VPN technology in the FRR routing
suite?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-25 17:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-24 20:49 [PATCH net-next] neighbour: support for NTF_EXT_LEARNED flag Roopa Prabhu
2018-04-25 17:20 ` David Miller [this message]
2018-04-26 3:52 ` Roopa Prabhu
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