[j-nsp] dynamic prefix list based on as-path .. is it possible?

[Tarko Tikan]

hey,

> The issue with such "well, that sounds easy" solutions is what it
> does to system scale.  In the days of 2G 32-bit RPD, the addition of
> a single*word*  (4 bytes) to the route data structures was reason for
> massive freak-out.  Even in 3G 32-bit RPD, it's problematic.
>
> We're now in the land of 64-bit RPD as an option.

Slightly related and I totally accept if you can't/want to answer...

Do you have any plans how to dig yourself out from the current 
monolithic RPD and non-SMP enabled kernel hole? Maybe move to linux 
userland altogether? Virtualizing fbsd on top of linux doesn't 
necessarily make things better.

-- 
tarko