Thanks, Daniel! I'm setting up to submit to netdev now. I shortened the request as you suggested.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM Daniel Gröber <d...@darkboxed.org> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 01:41:32PM -0400, Mike Waterman wrote: > > > It'd be great to do this: > > > > ``` > > auto vrfexample > > iface vrfexample > > vrf-table auto > > > > auto vrfexample2 > > iface vrfexample2 > > vrf-table auto > > ``` > > > > Or this: > > > > ``` > > ip link add vrfexample type vrf table auto > > ip link add vrfexample2 type vrf table auto > > ``` > > If the ability to specify 'auto' in iproute2 isn't an absolute requirement > and iproute2 upstream rejects the idea then implementing this in ifupdown* > would also be possible. > > I maintain ifupdown-ng in Debian (and am involved upstream) which already > has rudimentary [VRF support] I'd be happy to help you work on this, but > the first step really is to ask the iproute2 maintainer, > Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>, to consider this feature. > > [VRF support]: > https://github.com/ifupdown-ng/ifupdown-ng/blob/main/executor-scripts/linux/vrf > > Please CC me and the netdev mailinglist: net...@vger.kernel.org and be > sure > to include "iproute2" in the mail subject. That list serves many projects > :) > > I'd also recommend trimming your feature request down to the essentials of > what affects iproute2, kernel maintainers are busy people. Don't waste > their attention. I can help you draft something if you want. > > --Daniel >
