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From: "Li, Qing" <qing.li@bluecoat.com>
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Subject: RE: resend: multiple routing table roadmap (format fix)
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>=20
> Surely, routing table should contain a cached pointer to an=20
> entry in L2 table (ARP in case of Ethernet), to not do double=20
> lookups. But still separate those tables...
>=20

  The routing table contains only the interface route, from this
  interface route the L2 table is accessed for on net hosts.
  So it's a one-to-many relationship.

  How do you propose the L2 entry caching be done ?

  -- Qing