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Date:      Sun, 22 Dec 2024 02:22:37 +0000
From:      Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@catflap.org>
To:        markj@FreeBSD.org, bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: per-FIB socket binding
Message-ID:  <202412220222.4BM2MboS055636@donotpassgo.dyslexicfish.net>
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"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote:

> I wonder if anyone on FreeBSD is using FIBs to actually have multi-FIB 
> forwardig but that very little touches your use case apart from the mgmt
> which again can be factored out better (or inversely, factoring out the
> forwarding).
>
> I would honestly know who and how FIBs are still in use today or if they
> should be put on a list to be removed for 16 (I assume I might be
> surprised).

I hope that is a joke! FIBs are a must have for certain routing environments,
and forcing them into a VNET jail would add to overheads, and not even work
for applications that work with 2 or more FIBs in the same instance!




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