netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix routing tables with id

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Message-ID: <20080603174941.GA2727@ami.dom.local>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:49:41 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@....pl>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  Fix routing tables with id > 255 for legacy software

On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 05:15:04PM +0200, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Patrick McHardy wrote:
...
>> Your patch makes it more predictable, so I'm not completely
>> opposed, but still its just a workaround.
>
> Indeed - it is a workaround but I believe we need it.
>

IMHO, adding a safety with e.g. CONFIG_IP_FIB_COMPAT_DEPRECATED
(default N) for one stable, letting to change this back in some
(probably nonexistent) strange cases, should be enough to keep up
appearances...

Jarek P.
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