On 03/10/2011 18:50, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 08:58, Randy Turner <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I would hope that we would NOT be seriously considering OSPF or IS-IS in
> the
> home...this seems like using a sledgehammer to kill an ant.
>
>
> If the devices we're talking about have enough resources to run them, and they
> have desirable properties that are useful in home networks, then what's the
> problem with either of these? Home gateways these days are capable of 1Gbps
> hardware forwarding and have pretty fast CPUs.
The problem isn't the CPU but the memory. Vendors want to stick in as little
(expensive) flash and RAM as possible, and don't want to spend a few $$ for
a few spare meg's of memory that won't be used by most of the customers.
I've created new images for these devices and whenever adding something,
one also had to ask the question what to drop in order for the new code
to fit. Adding memory generally wasn't an option.
Henk
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