[dev] `default` keyword?

JR Rivers jrrivers at cumulusnetworks.com
Fri Mar 30 11:48:52 EDT 2018


or use "root"?

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Lou Berger <lberger at labn.net> wrote:

> Default (or core) makes sense to me...
>
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> On March 30, 2018 11:28:02 AM Donald Sharp <sharpd at cumulusnetworks.com>
> wrote:
>
> I would not say we would have a 'show ip route vrf default', although
>> I suppose you could add that.  `default` just means to me the main
>> routing table.  We need a way to signal that we want to do route
>> leaking from the main routing table( static or through bgp ).
>>
>> So in my mind the default keyword is just a special word used to say
>> 'main routing table' for purposes of figuring out where we are trying
>> to apply the command.
>>
>> But I agree there is non-trivial amount of work needed to put this in.
>>
>> donald
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 5:20 AM, Philippe Guibert
>> <philippe.guibert at 6wind.com> wrote:
>> > Donald, Renato,
>> >
>> > so "default"  will be a VRF like the other ones.
>> > And it will be accessible in all show vrf <> commands.
>> > This is the goal of the change wished ?
>> >
>> > I agree on the principle.
>> > However, some care will be needed:
>> > - when creating other VRF, since the keyword "default" will be reserved.
>> > - BGP uses the same keyword ( it is hardcoded in bgp_route.c . Some
>> changes
>> > will be needed too.
>> >
>> > Philippe
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:29 PM, Renato Westphal
>> > <renato at opensourcerouting.org> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Donald Sharp
>>> > <sharpd at cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>>> > > So currently if you want to specify the default vrf as a string you
>>> have
>>> > > to use:
>>> > >
>>> > > Default-IP-Routing-Table
>>> > >
>>> > > Do people have opinions on what to use?  I am thinking of making the
>>> > > keyword `default` special in that it will allow lookup of the default
>>> > > vrf if entered.
>>> > >
>>> > > thoughts?
>>> >
>>> > I appreciate this idea.
>>> >
>>> > `Default-IP-Routing-Table` is hard to type. A simple `default` is much
>>> > more convenient and I don't see any downside on doing this change.
>>> >
>>> > []s
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Renato Westphal
>>> >
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