Re: Move fib_alias out of fib_hash.c

[Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 02:27:50PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:20:43 -0400
> Steven Blake <slblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > It can also
> > > be the case that the longest matching prefix entry has no matching
> > > TOS key, whereas a shorter prefix does.
> > 
> > No routing protocols are distributing TOS-specific routes, and there is
> > no prospect of that feature ever coming back.  Why pay the cost of
> > matching TOS on every packet forwarded?
> 
> Because once we add functionality to the kernel we can't simply
> rip it out.  People do use TOS routing, via static routes or
> similar.

I'm not so sure anybody uses it really. How about adding a printk for it 
and seeing if anybody complains? 

-Andi