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Martin Mares
9a158361da I rewrote the interface handling code, so that it supports multiple
addresses per interface (needed for example for IPv6 support).

Visible changes:

o  struct iface now contains a list of all interface addresses (represented
   by struct ifa), iface->addr points to the primary address (if any).
o  Interface has IF_UP set iff it's up and it has a primary address.
o  IF_UP is now independent on IF_IGNORED (i.e., you need to test IF_IGNORED
   in the protocols; I've added this, but please check).
o  The if_notify_change hook has been simplified (only one interface pointer
   etc.).
o  Introduced a ifa_notify_change hook. (For now, only the Direct protocol
   does use it -- it's wise to just listen to device routes in all other
   protocols.)
o  Removed IF_CHANGE_FLAGS notifier flag (it was meaningless anyway).
o  Updated all the code except netlink (I'll look at it tomorrow) to match
   the new semantics (please look at your code to ensure I did it right).

Things to fix:

o  Netlink.
o  Make krt-iface interpret "eth0:1"-type aliases as secondary addresses.
1999-05-06 21:38:11 +00:00
Martin Mares
01bd7759b2 Ignore alias interfaces (some day, we will treat them as pure secondary
interface addresses).
1999-04-12 18:07:05 +00:00
Martin Mares
49ed70b48e Portability fixes. 1999-04-07 14:25:56 +00:00
Martin Mares
fe662dfd78 Fixed `too many interfaces' cases. 1999-04-02 13:38:54 +00:00
Martin Mares
7e5f5ffdda Moved to a much more systematic way of configuring kernel protocols.
o  Nothing is configured automatically. You _need_ to specify
     the kernel syncer in config file in order to get it started.
  o  Syncing has been split to route syncer (protocol "Kernel") and
     interface syncer (protocol "Device"), device routes are generated
     by protocol "Direct" (now can exist in multiple instances, so that
     it will be possible to feed different device routes to different
     routing tables once multiple tables get supported).

See doc/bird.conf.example for a living example of these shiny features.
1999-03-26 21:44:38 +00:00
Martin Mares
2d14045224 Rewrote the kernel syncer. The old layering was horrible.
The new kernel syncer is cleanly split between generic UNIX module
and OS dependent submodules:

  -  krt.c (the generic part)
  -  krt-iface (low-level functions for interface handling)
  -  krt-scan (low-level functions for routing table scanning)
  -  krt-set (low-level functions for setting of kernel routes)

krt-set and krt-iface are common for all BSD-like Unices, krt-scan is heavily
system dependent (most Unices require /dev/kmem parsing, Linux uses /proc),
Netlink substitues all three modules.

We expect each UNIX port supports kernel routing table scanning, kernel
interface table scanning, kernel route manipulation and possibly also
asynchronous event notifications (new route, interface state change;
not implemented yet) and build the KRT protocol on the top of these
primitive operations.
1999-03-03 19:49:56 +00:00
Renamed from sysdep/unix/sync-if.c (Browse further)