Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:10:06 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quagga as border router Message-ID: <20070921171006.90BEF45027@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:46:02 %2B1000." <20070921214602.38487d27@meijome.net>
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--==_Exmh_1190394606_67439P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:46:02 +1000 > From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:54:49 -0400 > Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> wrote: > > > Honestly, FreeBSD routing code is pretty poor as far as a modern router > > goes. If you throw enough CPU at it you can brute force your way through > > plenty of things, but in the context of modern commercial routers it > > doesn't even play in the same league (even for a software-only router). > > Interesting.... what is the golden aim of software based router we should be > trying to reach? > > IMHO, comparing routing code in software vs. hardware routing, or vs a > RTOS seems a bit useless (unless the comparison is something like 'we > could do things much faster this way, but that would force us to go > down the path of hard RT OS..) Which is different to saying 'well, > this and that part of x and Y are inefficient / too expensive for the > latest cpu models." > > I'm not bagging you , but there's always the balance to be had - > something very flexible (as *BSD / Linux ) vs something very rigid > (programmatically) but very fast / scalable... i'm interested in > seeing how / whether we efficiency can be increased without losing the > flexibility (of course, @ the cost of time,etc...something needs to > give :D ) Ever run into a non-existent 'olive'? Or even a J series Juniper? Juniper put together a very impressive software based routing system that is FreeBSD based. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1190394606_67439P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFG8/rukn3rs5h7N1ERAgCIAJ9KSIR2NcX96NYNuKBwEzDv8gihwACePXe1 VK0PFFrmK3QMTKvaPJDpeFo= =T1D5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1190394606_67439P--
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