Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:50:06 GMT From: James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/111493: routed doesn't use multicasts for RIPv2 via P2P interfaces Message-ID: <200708101250.l7ACo6lk010643@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/111493; it has been noted by GNATS. From: James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com> To: Vernon Schryver <vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com> Cc: bms@incunabulum.net, dan@obluda.cz, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/111493: routed doesn't use multicasts for RIPv2 via P2P interfaces Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:46:56 -0400 Vernon Schryver writes: > What do you think of the enclose patch? It differs from the original > in two ways that should reduce behavior changes seen by people with > IFF_POINTOPOINT interfaces without IFF_MULTICAST. If it makes sense, > I'll generate a bundle on http://www.rhyolite.com/src/ It seems reasonable to me for RIP. Looking at the code, it seems that rdisc already handles this case -- despite the comment to the contrary on send_adv's and send_rdisc's 'dst' argument, the value can be a multicast destination (not just 0 or unicast), and often is. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj@workingcode.com>
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