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On Mar 16, 2006, at 1:36 PM, Bart Van Kerckhove wrote:

> Any quick hacks you have in mind that could allow multiple copies  
> of the
> same route / pfxlen in the freebsd routingtable?
> Doesn't even need to have metrics in kernel-level, the point of the  
> whole
> thing (for now) would be to be able to insert an additional route  
> with the
> same prefix, and delete the previousy set route *afterwards*. Which  
> is what
> ospfd/zebra would do.
> Any insights / hacks / other dirty things are very appreciated.
> For all others following this thread: "we'd be happy to sponsor its
> development" still is in effect ;)
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,


Yes, this kind of patch would work for me.  I would expect anybody  
running BGP/OSPF/RIP will have an external process injecting routes  
into the local table.  I can help with testing.

- mike