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rtnetlink: add new value for DHCP added routes

Message ID 20090318122714.5d36d62f@nehalam
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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stephen hemminger March 18, 2009, 7:27 p.m. UTC
To improve manageability, it would be good to be able to disambiguate routes
added by administrator from those added by DHCP client.  The only necessary
kernel change is to add value to rtnetlink include file so iproute2 utility
can use it.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

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David Miller March 20, 2009, 6:49 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:27:14 -0700

> To improve manageability, it would be good to be able to disambiguate routes
> added by administrator from those added by DHCP client.  The only necessary
> kernel change is to add value to rtnetlink include file so iproute2 utility
> can use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, thanks.
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Patch

--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h	2009-03-18 12:23:01.978726869 -0700
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h	2009-03-18 12:23:37.546430187 -0700
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@  enum
 #define RTPROT_DNROUTED	13	/* DECnet routing daemon */
 #define RTPROT_XORP	14	/* XORP */
 #define RTPROT_NTK	15	/* Netsukuku */
+#define RTPROT_DHCP	16      /* DHCP client */
 
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