[FROG] FRR + VPP( FD.io)

Donald Sharp sharpd at cumulusnetworks.com
Mon Sep 25 07:42:29 EDT 2017


James -

I'm not aware of anyone actively working on other forwarding plane
integration w/ FRR.  I'm sure that if it becomes commercially
interesting someone will work on it.

Donald

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:43 AM, James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 September 2017 at 16:52, Stephen Barry via frog
> <frog at lists.frrouting.org> wrote:
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>> From: Stephen Barry <stephen.barry at sensical.net>
>> To: "frog at lists.frrouting.org" <frog at lists.frrouting.org>
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>> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:52:27 +0000
>> Subject: RE: [FROG] FRR + VPP( FD.io)
>> Hi James
>>
>> Assume you have read this?
>>
>> https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/wiki/Alternate-forwarding-planes:-VPP
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks for your response, Yes I have read that page however, this
> paragraph was a little off-putting;
>
> "Unfortunately the VPP's router plugin is not being actively
> maintained and is not part of the official VPP repository, being
> maintained separately in the VPP Sandbox (VPPsb) [5]. Its latest
> versions are broken since a few changes were made in the VPP API, so
> we're going to use older versions of VPP/VPPsb where things are known
> to work."
>
> I'm wondering if support between VPP and FRR is on the official
> feature list (unless I've missed it I can't see it) or roadmap for
> FRR?
>
> Either way, are there any forwarding plane engines that are expected
> to be officially supported by FRR, other than the Kernel?
>
> Cheers,
> James.
>
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