[Removal of mrouted in FreeBSD-7.0]

[Bruce M. Simpson]

Archimedes S. Gaviola wrote:
> ...if ever there's a way to implement IP multicasting with PIM-SM and 
> or PIM-DM in the FreeBSD base system, how big is the work would be?  
> What are the things that needs to be considered if we are going to 
> implement PIM-SM and or PIM-DM to the current FreeBSD network 
> subsystem? The goal is to be able FreeBSD to provide native IP 
> multicast using PIM just like the way DVMRP protocol is implemented 
> before as part of the base system.

I really think the remit of multicast routing is too wide to be 
addressed in the base system, which is why projects like XORP and pimdd 
exist -- it doesn't strike me as a good fit for the FreeBSD base system. 
Separate projects already exist for this.

If someone is willing to commit to all the man-hours involved in the 
reimplementation and ongoing support of such a thing, blimey... they 
must have a lot of free time!

cheers
BMS