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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