Re: recursive static routes

2018-03-19 Thread Saku Ytti
Hey, > you want per-packet overhead instead of deferring the overhead event > based updates? network events tend to be much less frequent than > sending/forwarding packets Depending on performance cost and complexity cost of options. -- ++ytti

Re: recursive static routes

2018-03-19 Thread David Ahern
On 3/19/18 12:58 PM, Saku Ytti wrote: > Hey David, > >> The Linux stack does not flatten routes when inserting into the FIB. >> Recursion is expected to be done a routing daemon such as bgp which will >> be able to handle updates as the network changes. > > Are you saying that routing protocol wo

Re: recursive static routes

2018-03-19 Thread Saku Ytti
Hey David, > The Linux stack does not flatten routes when inserting into the FIB. > Recursion is expected to be done a routing daemon such as bgp which will > be able to handle updates as the network changes. Are you saying that routing protocol would observe the next-hop change, then update the

Re: recursive static routes

2018-03-19 Thread David Ahern
On 3/19/18 1:42 AM, Saku Ytti wrote: > I believe Linux does not support recursive static routes, is this correct? The Linux stack does not flatten routes when inserting into the FIB. Recursion is expected to be done a routing daemon such as bgp which will be able to handle updates as the network c