ECMP/multipath support

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 01:22:48AM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > For PTP iface, the list contains at most one entry (so the scan is fast
> > :-) ) and you have to examine it anyways to know neighbor's IP address.
> 
> Yes, it is a small improvement I guess and you would find the remote
> IP address, if there is one, by following the ifa ptr.

You cannot get remote IP address just from ifa - you can have ethernet
network with (e.g.) /24 IP prefix configured as ptp iface (which is OK
if there is just two routers on that network).

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