Re: RTA_SRC doesn't work?

[Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>]

> But you can only do source based routing using FIB rules, the
> normal routing tables (which are hung off of the rules) do not
> have source keys in them.  They are keyed only by destination
> address.
> 
> Only the FIB rules support source address keying.
> 
> So you will need to use multiple routing table to route by source
> address.

Ok, that explains the IPv4 behaviour.  But what about v6?  The
following bit of ipv6/Kconfig would seem to imply that I can avoid
generating rules dynamically as new source prefixes appear:

  config IPV6_SUBTREES
          bool "IPv6: source address based routing"
          depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
          ---help---
            Enable routing by source address or prefix.

            The destination address is still the primary routing key, so mixing
            normal and source prefix specific routes in the same routing table
            may sometimes lead to unintended routing behavior.  This can be
            avoided by defining different routing tables for the normal and
            source prefix specific routes.

Thanks again,

-- Juliusz