[LARTC] Advanced routing routing table limits and rule design

[Martin A. Brown]

Good morning LARTC and, specifically, Wayne,

 :  : I am trying to determine how to best increase the number of 
 :  : routing tables available in linux 2.6 to more than 255. 
 : 
 : You are in good company.  The question seems to come up with some 
 : frequency [0]...I'm beginning to think that it needs to be an 
 : FAQ.

Perhaps this will no longer be an FAQ.  Since I just answered this 
question late last week, and my answer is now "wrong", I thought I 
would post a followup message.

 : Sadly, I haven't heard of anybody yet having done this, although 
 : one of the key developers of the kernel VLAN code (Ben Greear) 
 : has recently requested development on this point [1].

Just today, Patrick McHardy has posted a set of patches [0] [1] 
which accommodate the desire for more routing tables.

Good luck and enjoy!

-Martin

 [0] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=115191334700002&r=1&w=2
 [1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115191325909208&w=2
     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115191325901440&w=2
     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115191326012390&w=2
     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115191325901420&w=2
     http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=115191325911007&w=2

-- 
Martin A. Brown
http://linux-ip.net/