From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Auerswald Subject: Re: Route fallback issue Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:45:24 +0200 Message-ID: <20180624134524.GA9925@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> References: <10767cab-7a21-faaf-e49e-4752c28d28b7@googlemail.com> <20180620081916.GA30608@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> <0a920d2d-4e97-284b-9aad-54cf75bcb755@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Grant Taylor , Akshat Kakkar , netdev , cronolog+lartc , lartc To: Julian Anastasov Return-path: Received: from mailgw1.uni-kl.de ([131.246.120.220]:60609 "EHLO mailgw1.uni-kl.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751832AbeFXN4R (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:56:17 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello Julien, On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 10:57:14PM +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 06/20/2018 01:00 PM, Julian Anastasov wrote: > > > You can also try alternative routes. > > > > "Alternative routes"? I can't say as I've heard that description as a > > specific technique / feature / capability before. > > > > Is that it's official name? > > I think so > > > Where can I find out more about it? > > You can search on net. I have some old docs on > these issues, they should be actual: > > http://ja.ssi.bg/dgd-usage.txt Thanks for that info! Can you tell us what parts from the above text is actually implemented in the upstream Linux kernel, and starting with which version(s) (approximately)? The text describes ideas and patches from nearly two decades ago, is more recent documentation available somewhere? Thanks, Erik -- In the beginning, there was static routing. -- RFC 1118