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| author | Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> | 2000-06-04 18:15:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz> | 2000-06-04 18:15:37 +0200 |
| commit | 3b31c538333156770ddb74a7a27f271784745144 (patch) | |
| tree | 2bb7a5614cd4ea2810cf5ab94b5ae95f267e582f /proto/static | |
| parent | 2a863dd6e18a43fe3de5b1f3651e816f6fc27bb1 (diff) | |
| download | bird-3b31c538333156770ddb74a7a27f271784745144.tar bird-3b31c538333156770ddb74a7a27f271784745144.zip | |
Documented all the trivial protocols.
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diff --git a/proto/static/Doc b/proto/static/Doc index e69de29..73632b1 100644 --- a/proto/static/Doc +++ b/proto/static/Doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +S static.c diff --git a/proto/static/static.c b/proto/static/static.c index c380aeb..de061e8 100644 --- a/proto/static/static.c +++ b/proto/static/static.c @@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ * Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL. */ +/** + * DOC: Static + * + * The Static protocol is implemented in a very straightforward way. It keeps + * a two lists of static routes: one containing interface routes and one + * holding the remaining ones. Interface routes are inserted and removed according + * to interface events received from the core via the if_notify() hook, routes + * pointing to a neighboring router use a sticky node in the neighbor cache + * to be notified about gaining or losing the neighbor and finally special + * routes like black holes or rejects are inserted all the time. + * + * The only other thing worth mentioning is that when asked for reconfiguration, + * Static not only compares the two configurations, but it also calculates + * difference between the lists of static routes mentioned in the old config + * and the lists in the new one and it just inserts the newly added routes + * and removes the obsolete ones. + */ + #undef LOCAL_DEBUG #include "nest/bird.h" |