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author | Chad Wang <imflinter@gmail.com> | 2018-03-15 14:06:42 -0400 |
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committer | Chad Wang <imflinter@gmail.com> | 2018-04-04 10:26:45 -0400 |
commit | 2ab698c963b12219aecf72d001ae28c173548933 (patch) | |
tree | f271ebd670c242c3cde7157d0861fc2503feff2c /router/README.md | |
parent | 042a782c530ceb58507d697726e68ad7fe4fe023 (diff) |
Add support for MPLS labels in router plugin
1. Fixed more formatting issues. Added ASSERT.
2. Added MPLS features to support iproute2 command like
ip -f mpls route add <label> dev vpp0
ip route add <IP> encap mpls <LABELS> via <IP> dev vpp0
3. Modifications to compile with the latest VPP.
Change-Id: I5ed55ec3c6484beb1377496e9c763bb55da7ee26
Signed-off-by: Chad Wang <imflinter@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/router/README.md b/router/README.md index 3401c76..b3ec5ae 100644 --- a/router/README.md +++ b/router/README.md @@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ The objective of this project is to continue to build out better integration with host operating system and for providing a basis to enable completely or partially unmodified applications to take advantage of a fast datapath. +### MPLS related enhancement to router plugin + +Some changes made to router plugin enable it to support mpls label encapsulation. + +To test this feature, first install router plugin using instructions +in section "Build/Install", and then run following commands + +$vppctl enable tap-inject +$ifconfig vpp0 <IP> up +$ip route add <IP> encap mpls <LABELS> via <IP> dev vpp0 +$vppctl show ip fib + +You should see labels in ip fib table. + +you can also run following commands + +$vppctl enable tap-inject +$vppctl mpls table add 0 +$vppctl set int mpls <INTERFACE> enable +$ip -f mpls route add 333 dev vpp0 +$vppctl show mpls fib + +You should see dst label and interface in mpls table. + ### Main contributors -Jeff Shaw - LF-ID:jbshaw +Jeff Shaw - LF-ID:jbshaw, Chad Chengwei Wang - LF-ID:flinter (MPLS) |