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Re: [PATCH] Clean up fib_hash datastructures

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up fib_hash datastructures
From: Steven Blake <slblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:56:21 -0400
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On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 23:10, jamal wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 19:38, Steven Blake wrote:
> 
> > RFC 1812 was written before TOS routes were pulled out of OSPFv2 (due to
> > too fee independent implementations).  No one implements FIB lookup as
> > described in RFC 1812 in the core.  What people do implement is PBR, as
> > well as DSCP-based nexthop selection for MPLS DIFF-TE (RFC 3564).
> 
> What about edge?

I've seen no evidence that any HW-based router is doing this.

> The PBR nh selection is a post routing policy though. Do you see it 
> valuable to have DSCP replace TOS for lookup? 

No.  No protocol is distributing DSCP-based routes.


Regards,

// Steve


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