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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:38:27 +0100
From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <ragnar@jazzfree.com>
To: Vinolin <vinolin@nodeinfotech.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: struct fib_table
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 02:47:16PM +0530, Vinolin wrote:
> Hello all ,
>
> In linux routing, two tables are maintained ( main_table and local_table ).
> Can somebody explains what is the need for these two tables ?
> Please give a detailed explanation.

The need for the tables is in userspace.  Have a look here:

        http://www.compendium.com.ar/policy-routing.txt
	
and related tarballs mentioned in CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES in
Configure.help I think.

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