netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] neighbour: support for NTF_EXT

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Message-Id: <20180425.132058.208675778907308410.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:20:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
        dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] neighbour: support for NTF_EXT_LEARNED flag

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:49:34 -0700

> From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> 
> This patch extends NTF_EXT_LEARNED support to the neighbour system.
> Example use-case: An Ethernet VPN implementation (eg in FRR routing suite)
> can use this flag to add dynamic reachable external neigh entires
> learned via control plane. The use of neigh NTF_EXT_LEARNED in this
> patch is consistent with its use with bridge and vxlan fdb entries.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>

No objection to the patch or the facility, so applied, thanks.

What exactly is the name of this VPN technology in the FRR routing
suite?