Hi,

Alexander Vainshtein <[email protected]> wrote:

[...]

> Meanwhile, could you please explain the rationale for changing the
> data model that has been defined in RFC 4292 (where both the
> destination prefix and the next hop have been parts of the index in
> the appropriate MIB table) ?
> 
> The side effect of this change is that it is not backward-compatible
> with multiple existing RFC 4292-compliant RIB implementations:
> 
> -          Retrieval of such a RIB using YANG requires a stateful mapper that
>            merges multiple RIB entries with the same destination prefix and
>            different “simple” NH into a single entry with the
>            next-hop-list

Note that the "route" list in the rib doesn't have any keys.  This
means that you can report several entries with the same destination
prefix.  So I think that this design is compatible with the MIB
design.



/martin
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