On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:48:43PM +0000, Mark Handley wrote: > I just committed a jumbo patch to CVS adding 4-byte AS number support > to BGP. It's such a large patch because previously we stored path > attributes in the form we received them, and didn't need to recode > them on a per-peer basis because all peers used the same coding. > 4-byte AS numbers break this, so now we encode only on output, as > needed. Changing the way we store and process path attributes impacts > a lot of code, but it's the right thing to do. RIPE will start > allocating 4-byte AS numbers by default in a year, so we want to be > ready! > > Anyway, just a heads up that although from the testing I've done I > don't think this broke anything, it's possible BGP will have some > issues until we've had a chance to see what happens on all the > tinderbox platforms and the live test hosts. If you want to test > this, the version of the user manual in CVS gives the details - let me > know if the manual is unclear on anything.
Why is this an option? Is there a reason not to have it turned on by default (ie always have support) ? -K -- Kristian Larsson KLL-RIPE Network Engineer & Peering Coordinator SpriteLink [AS39525] +46 704 910401 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Xorp-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ICSI.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/xorp-hackers
