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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:12:57 +0200 From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> To: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> CC: NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Support send-to-self over external interfaces (and veths). Ben Greear wrote: > Patrick McHardy wrote: > >> I would really prefer to simply make the prio 0 "lookup local" >> rule deletable so you can rules with higher priority. That >> allows to do send to self without any further code changes >> and avoids the need to bind applications to a device. >> > > I am not against making that change as well, but it is often easier to > just bind-to-device > than to set up specific host routes for every possible combination..as > it appears your > method requires. (I could have mis-understood the routing requirements, > but it seemed to > if you wanted any 100 interfaces to send to any other, your method would > required 100 * 100 > routes.) If you want arbitary combinations bases solely on routing, yes (thats not different from not using send to self). But binding explicitly should also work fine. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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