fib: make mfib optional

In some cases we do not need multicast support. Making it optional helps
scaling to high number of VRFs, by reducing the control plane operations
and memory consumption.

Type: improvement

Change-Id: Ib34ed3fe2806e2f4624981da4e4a3c49c69f70be
Signed-off-by: Benoît Ganne <bganne@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip.api b/src/vnet/ip/ip.api
index 967f56cf917..fc7d7582dec 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip.api
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip.api
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ autoreply define ip_table_add_del
   vl_api_ip_table_t table;
 };
 
+/** \brief Add / del table request - version 2
+           A table can be added multiple times, but need be deleted only once.
+    @param client_index - opaque cookie to identify the sender
+    @param context - sender context, to match reply w/ request
+    @param table - the FIB table to add or del
+    @param create_mfib - whether to create mfib or not
+    @param is_add - add or del
+*/
+autoreply define ip_table_add_del_v2
+{
+  u32 client_index;
+  u32 context;
+  vl_api_ip_table_t table;
+  bool create_mfib [default=true];
+  bool is_add [default=true];
+};
+
 /** \brief Allocate an unused table
            A table can be added multiple times.
            If a large number of tables are in use (millions), this API might