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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
08e2d6259a Removed TOS support. This simplifies many things a lot. 1999-04-12 18:01:07 +00:00
Martin Mares
c10421d3d4 More changes to the kernel syncer.
o  Now compatible with filtering.
o  Learning of kernel routes supported only on CONFIG_SELF_CONSCIOUS
   systems (on the others it's impossible to get it semantically correct).
o  Learning now stores all of its routes in a separate fib and selects
   the ones the kernel really uses for forwarding packets.
o  Better treatment of CONFIG_AUTO_ROUTES ports.
o  Lots of internal changes.
1999-04-03 13:05:18 +00:00
Martin Mares
fb71b23e60 Remember that we can run device syncer without kernel syncer
and vice versa now.
1999-03-29 20:33:45 +00:00
Martin Mares
1127ac6ec7 Cleaned up system configuration files -- removed few obsolete parameters,
documented the remaining ones (sysdep/cf/README).

Available configurations:

   o  linux-20: Old Linux interface via /proc/net/route (selected by default
		on pre-2.1 kernels).
   o  linux-21: Old Linux interface, but device routes handled by the
		kernel (selected by default for 2.1 and newer kernels).
   o  linux-22: Linux with Netlink (I play with it a lot yet, so it isn't
		a default).
   o  linux-ipv6: Prototype config for IPv6 on Linux. Not functional yet.
1999-03-27 22:51:05 +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
f79a749d0b Removed our declaration of RTPROT_BIRD since Alexey has assigned
us a real protocol number in 2.2.4 kernel.
1999-03-24 09:23:34 +00:00
Martin Mares
111213f0b6 Fixed processing of !krt_capable() routes. Converted device route decisions
to the krt_capable mechanism as well.
1999-03-04 19:00:31 +00:00
Martin Mares
e16155ae4a KRT: Implemented asynchronous route / interface state notifications
(via Netlink). Tweaked kernel synchronization rules a bit. Discovered
locking bug in kernel Netlink :-)

Future plans: Hunt all the bugs and solve all the FIXME's.
1999-03-04 18:36:18 +00:00
Martin Mares
2253c9e239 Although there are still heaps of FIXME's, Netlink works.
To build BIRD with Netlink support, just configure it with

	./configure --with-sysconfig=linux-21

After it will be tested well enough, I'll probably make it a default
for 2.2 kernels (and rename it to linux-22 :)).
1999-03-04 14:23:32 +00:00
Martin Mares
f81dc8564a Converted some mb_alloc/bzero pairs to mb_allocz. 1999-03-04 11:40:05 +00:00
Martin Mares
aa64578641 Netlink scans routes... 1999-03-03 20:57:29 +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/linux/netlink/krt.c (Browse further)