RTF_CLONING vs RTF_PRCLONING

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 05:51:28PM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 23:45:28 +0200, Vincent Jardin <vjardin at wanadoo.fr> said:
> 
> > I agree, then... Isn't it already the purpose of RTF_CLONING ?
> > When should RTF_PRCLONIG be set ?
> 
> RTF_PRCLONING is set automatically by the protocol to cause host
> routes to be generated on every unique lookup.
> 
> RTF_CLONING is set when the route is added (either manually, or
> automatically for interface routes) to indicate that a more specific
> route (possibly a host route) needs to be generated on every unique
> lookup.
> 
Yes, RTF_CLONING routes also accept the netmask (RTA_GENMASK).
I don't remember if it also applies to RTF_PRCLONING routes,
but I suspect so.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru at sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru at FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer
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