From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 16 22:08:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A1B16A41F for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:08:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bart@it-ss.be) Received: from piggy.solidweb.be (piggy.web.bru.it-ss.be [195.28.164.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB74B43D48 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:08:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bart@it-ss.be) Received: from bartwrkstxp (97-3.241.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.241.3.97]) (authenticated bits=0) by piggy.solidweb.be (8.12.9-SW.b/8.12.9-SW) with ESMTP id k2GM8YvF008184; Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:08:34 +0100 Message-ID: <001e01c64946$2bbad240$020b000a@bartwrkstxp> From: "Bart Van Kerckhove" To: "Bruce M Simpson" References: <20060316193740.GE11850@spc.org><003701c64941$ac548540$020b000a@bartwrkstxp> <20060316215207.GH11850@spc.org> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:08:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.45 Cc: "freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: OT - Quagga/CARP X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:08:36 -0000 Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:36:20PM +0100, Bart Van Kerckhove wrote: >> ECMP was indeed one of the features i was looking for at that time, >> which i found to be impossible. >> I just don't like the idea of moving towards another platform just >> for this reason, since I'm very happy with freebsd's performance. >> There used to be a patch for ECMP, but it was a huge hack. very >> dirty at best. > > itojun recently committed a set of ECMP related changes to OpenBSD. > Unfortunately I have not had free time to review them in any detail. > What approach did they take? The ecmp patch i encountered for freebsd didn't lift the limitation regarding 1 route/pfx/pfxlen in the fib. Is this the case here too? Or did they take a new approach? > I hope andre@ is watching this thread, it's probably on his laundry > list too. I believe other parties may have implemented the hack you > are referring to. He is watching :) (lucky me/us ;]) Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards, Bart Van Kerckhove bart@it-ss.be