[dev] Question about EVPN route types

[Donald Sharp]

The relevant documentation for this is here:

https://frrouting.org/user-guide/zebra.html#zebra-fib-push-interface

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Donald Sharp
<sharpd at cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> I believe some vendors have plans for adding more evpn types.  I
> cannot speak for them regarding their time schedules.
>
> For FPM build FRR with `--enable-fpm` added on the configure line.
> Zebra FPM has two choices for fpm forwarding netlink or protobuf
> forwarding.  If you want protobuf, use '--enable-protobuf` in
> configure, else only netlink is used as a communication medium.  To
> load the appropriate module use -M fpm:netlink or -M fpm:protobuf
>
> donald
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Jay Chen <jchen1 at paloaltonetworks.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I got a question about what EVPN route types are supported already in the
>> latest version. It looks like type-2, type-3, and type-5 are supported.
>> Type-1, and type-4 are not yet. If it is true, any plan the missing types
>> are going to be supported?
>>
>>
>>
>> Another quick question, the fpm/fpm_pb.c file looks empty. Is there a
>> missing patch need to be patched? It will be very helpful if anyone can
>> point to a brief example how fpm is used by a switch that has a hardware
>> forwarding path?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
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