IPv6 BGP & kernel 4.19 (and upto 5.10.46)

Nico Schottelius nico.schottelius at ungleich.ch
Wed Aug 25 16:36:46 CEST 2021


Hey Oliver,

Oliver <bird-o at sernet.de> writes:
> [...]
> Why is still the default value of net.ipv6.route.max_size still 4096?
> Compared to IPv4 value:
> net.ipv4.route.max_size = 2147483647
>
> Has someone done more research on this topic?

I believe this is a question that should be asked on the LKML or
linux-net mailing list - it's very valid and I'd be in favor for
aligning it with the IPv4 value.

Cheers,

Nico

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