Hi all,
this series contains support for loading dynamic modules (DSOs) that contain additional functionality. bgpd's SNMP support is the test target. THIS IS AN UNFINISHED VERSION TO INVITE FEEDBACK. In the "big picture", there are some very broad topics that are non-trivial, first and foremost interaction of plugin's DEFUNs with config saving and startup. In the current version, the patchset only supports loading DSOs on the command line, i.e. before config load. That means all config works as usual. However, if you remove a module from startup parameters, leftover config statements may result in startup failure. Not sure if this is a real problem... FWIW, loading modules from the config wouldn't be much of a problem, as long as the plugin-loading statements get pushed all the way to the top of the config. That way, they'd be loaded before their respective config blocks are reached. Also, after unloading a module, config writes wouldn't include its config anymore. The on-disk config file either has both the "load plugin" command and the plugin's config (i.e. before-removal config), or would have neither (as written out by a "write mem" after removing the module). That said, I haven't implemented unloading (or uninstalling hooks) yet :) Cheers, -David _______________________________________________ Quagga-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.quagga.net/mailman/listinfo/quagga-dev
