From e8b2cadde643780395b45e8974df911cde47744b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Bunk Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:30:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [NET]: Remove Documentation/networking/routing.txt This file is so outdated that I can't see any value in keeping it. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 2 -- Documentation/networking/routing.txt | 46 ---------------------------- 2 files changed, 48 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/routing.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index 9c64042fb88b..f3b02378ecd6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ pt.txt - the Gracilis Packetwin AX.25 device driver ray_cs.txt - Raylink Wireless LAN card driver info. -routing.txt - - the new routing mechanism shaper.txt - info on the module that can shape/limit transmitted traffic. sk98lin.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/routing.txt b/Documentation/networking/routing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a26838b930f2..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/routing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -The directory ftp.inr.ac.ru:/ip-routing contains: - -- iproute.c - "professional" routing table maintenance utility. - -- rdisc.tar.gz - rdisc daemon, ported from Sun. - STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR ALL HOSTS. - -- routing.tgz - original Mike McLagan's route by source patch. - Currently it is obsolete. - -- gated.dif-ss.gz - gated-R3_6Alpha_2 fixes. - Look at README.gated - -- mrouted-3.8.dif.gz - mrouted-3.8 fixes. - -- rtmon.c - trivial debugging utility: reads and stores netlink. - - -NEWS for user. - -- Policy based routing. Routing decisions are made on the basis - not only of destination address, but also source address, - TOS and incoming interface. -- Complete set of IP level control messages. - Now Linux is the only OS in the world complying to RFC requirements. - Great win 8) -- New interface addressing paradigm. - Assignment of address ranges to interface, - multiple prefixes etc. etc. - Do not bother, it is compatible with the old one. Moreover: -- You don't need to do "route add aaa.bbb.ccc... eth0" anymore, - it is done automatically. -- "Abstract" UNIX sockets and security enhancements. - This is necessary to use TIRPC and TLI emulation library. - -NEWS for hacker. - -- New destination cache. Flexible, robust and just beautiful. -- Network stack is reordered, simplified, optimized, a lot of bugs fixed. - (well, and new bugs were introduced, but I haven't seen them yet 8)) - It is difficult to describe all the changes, look into source. - -If you see this file, then this patch works 8) - -Alexey Kuznetsov. -kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru