It means, that node listens to flow control messages from downstreams
and removes link from list of active links whenever a LINK_IS_DOWN message
is received. If LINK_IS_UP message is received, then links is put
back into list of active links.
Approved by: julian (mentor), implicitly
MFC after: 1 week
layering violation. As pointed out, there is much better way to do this.
Sorry guys, I need to find a better way to force reviews.
Requested by: harti, julian, scottl (mentor)
Pointy hat to: pjd
It works as follows:
In every 'interval' seconds defined links are checked.
If they are non-active they will not be used by to data transfer.
No response from: julian, archie
Silent on: net@
Approved by: scottl (mentor)
The new method is 'flood' (in addition to the old round-robin)
in which incoming packets are sent to more than one outgoing hook.
(I'm not sure what Rogier is using this for but it seems generally useful
and isn't much extra)
Submitted by: Rogier R. Mulhuijzen (drwilco@drwilco.net )
