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Re: [PATCH] IPv6 Prefix List support for 2.5.31

To: kumarkr@xxxxxxxxxx (Krishna Kumar)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6 Prefix List support for 2.5.31
From: kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 04:32:22 +0400 (MSD)
Cc: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <OF37F86F02.E05B3694-ON88256C23.0080D178@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Krishna Kumar" at Aug 28, 2 04:55:35 pm
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Hello!

> - Routing table will have lots of address prefixes that are not available
>   to the local interface addresses.

Well, all the direct routes are prefixes by definition.


> - To be a prefix list entry, it should come via an RA.

Wrong. But this does not matter, RA routes may be tagged with a flag.


> -  Also, the search over a longer routing table across all nodes is more
>    time consuming.

Do you jest? You compare linear search with lookup in radix tree. :-)

Alexey

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