[OpenAFS-devel] rx mtu

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:58:58 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Jim Rees wrote:

> interfaces, looking for the best match, where "best" is determined in this
> order:
> 
> 1. addresses match
> 2. peer is on same "subnet"
> 3. peer is on same "net"
> 4. if no match, just return the first interface in the list
> 
> Bug 1: I think "best" no 4 above is wrong.  It should be returning NULL.  A
> look at old Transarc code confirms this is what it used to do.

It would be nice to know why this changed.

> Bug 2: The idea of "net" is some kind of leftover of the pre-CIDR days.  It
> shouldn't be used at all.

I wonder if it matters to anyone, but you're probably right.