The URL for MPLS for Linux is:
http://nero.doit.wisc.edu/mpls-linux/
Follow the link to the FTP site and grab linux-mpls-ldp-0.202.tar.gz.
If you look at linux-mpls-ldp/kernel/mpls.diff you'll see the modifications
to fib_hash.c and fib_rules.c.
Jim
On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 10:56:57PM -0400, jamal wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, James R. Leu wrote:
>
> > For protocols that live somewhere between layer 2 and layer 3 they have some
> > unique needs from the layer 3 protocols.
> >
> > To be specific MPLS needs to store labelling information for each entry in
> > the
> > FIB. If the FIB had a protocol specific field (or set of fields) and a set
> > of access functions for these fields then MPLS wouldn't have to be so
> > intrusive
> > in the FIB code.
> >
> > I have code that already meets the needs of MPLS but would like to get
> > feedback from the list:
> >
> > -Are there other protocols that could take advantage of protocol specific
> > fields in the FIB?
> > -Is this even a good idea?
> >
>
> If i remember correctly you (could you post the URL?) only mod-ed fib_nh
> and fib_result to contain the mpls specific data?
> fib_nh makes sense because a label is a nh specific detail and fib_result
> because you need the result for further processing.
> post the URL
>
> cheers,
> jamal
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James R. Leu
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