Re: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org: RFC 3549 on Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol

[Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Please make the 'table-id' field to be at least
16 bits.  Now that we have VLANs and other types of virtual
interfaces, it would be nice to be able to have a routing table
for each interface, for example.  640k was not enough for everyone,
and ~250 routing tables isn't either :)


From section 3.1.1:

   Table ID: 8 bits
   Table identifier.  Up to 255 route tables are supported.
                 RT_TABLE_UNSPEC    An unspecified routing table.
                 RT_TABLE_DEFAULT   The default table.
                 RT_TABLE_MAIN      The main table.
                 RT_TABLE_LOCAL     The local table.

                 The user may assign arbitrary values between
                 RT_TABLE_UNSPEC(0) and RT_TABLE_DEFAULT(253).

Thanks,
Ben


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