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doc: add blurb on use of protobuf with FPM

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Add text about using protobuf as an alternative format for the FPM
interface.

Signed-off-by: Avneesh Sachdev <avneesh@sproute.com>
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Avneesh Sachdev 2016-04-04 10:54:59 -07:00 committed by Donald Sharp
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@ -407,8 +407,32 @@ routes that it may have picked up from the kernel. The existing
interaction of zebra with the kernel remains unchanged -- that is, the interaction of zebra with the kernel remains unchanged -- that is, the
kernel continues to receive FIB updates as before. kernel continues to receive FIB updates as before.
The format of the messages exchanged with the FPM is defined by the The encapsulation header for the messages exchanged with the FPM is
file @file{fpm/fpm.h} in the quagga tree. defined by the file @file{fpm/fpm.h} in the quagga tree. The routes
themselves are encoded in netlink or protobuf format, with netlink
being the default.
Protobuf is one of a number of new serialization formats wherein the
message schema is expressed in a purpose-built language. Code for
encoding/decoding to/from the wire format is generated from the
schema. Protobuf messages can be extended easily while maintaining
backward-compatibility with older code. Protobuf has the following
advantages over netlink:
@itemize
@item
Code for serialization/deserialization is generated
automatically. This reduces the likelihood of bugs, allows third-party
programs to be integrated quickly, and makes it easy to add fields.
@item
The message format is not tied to an OS (Linux), and can be evolved
independently.
@end itemize
As mentioned before, zebra encodes routes sent to the FPM in netlink
format by default. The format can be controlled via the
@code{--fpm_format} command-line option to zebra, which currently
takes the values @code{netlink} and @code{protobuf}.
The zebra FPM interface uses replace semantics. That is, if a 'route The zebra FPM interface uses replace semantics. That is, if a 'route
add' message for a prefix is followed by another 'route add' message, add' message for a prefix is followed by another 'route add' message,