Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-24 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 06:24:48PM +0200, Martin Eugen wrote: > > Or alternatively use an internal queue of limited size to keep track of > > those packages. > > This is probably the only solution I can think of right now, but I > think poking a queue at regular, short intervals seems to me quite

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-24 Thread Martin Eugen
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Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread James
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 08:49:19PM -0500, James wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:36:46AM -0800, Bruce M Simpson wrote: > [ snip ] > > > > If I understand correctly, you want the kernel to queue packets until > > layer 2 address resolution is complete. Right now we don't do this. If > > there is

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread James
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:36:46AM -0800, Bruce M Simpson wrote: [ snip ] > > If I understand correctly, you want the kernel to queue packets until > layer 2 address resolution is complete. Right now we don't do this. If > there is no route to a destination, packets will be dropped. The KAME ipv6

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:05:06AM +0200, Martin Eugen wrote: > At the beginning my intention was to use the routing sockets > mechanisms, and say, to issue a 'missing route' message to some > userland daemon capable of resolving those complex addresses (the > resolving mechanism is generally a loo

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread Martin Eugen
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:52:36 +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:42:39AM -0200, Jo?o Carlos Mendes Lu?s wrote: > > >So I started to look at the ARP > > >code, but it of course lacks the kernel - userland communication > > >interface. I would appreciate

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread Joerg Sonnenberger
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:42:39AM -0200, Jo?o Carlos Mendes Lu?s wrote: > >So I started to look at the ARP > >code, but it of course lacks the kernel - userland communication > >interface. I would appreciate any ideas about what would be the easier > >way to implement such a thing where the kernel

Re: resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread João Carlos Mendes Luís
Martin Eugen wrote: Hi there, I'm currently trying to implement some networking protocols in the kernel. I would like to ask a few questions, but first, let me explain some details about those protocols: the network is composed of smaller subnets connected through gateways. Hosts have a fairly com

resolving routes externally

2004-11-23 Thread Martin Eugen
Hi there, I'm currently trying to implement some networking protocols in the kernel. I would like to ask a few questions, but first, let me explain some details about those protocols: the network is composed of smaller subnets connected through gateways. Hosts have a fairly complex global addresses