"Dan S. Decasper": Re: The Click Modular Router

[Robert Morris]

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:11:36 -0500
To: Robert Morris <rtm at cag.lcs.mit.edu>
From: "Dan S. Decasper" <dan at arl.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: The Click Modular Router 

Robert, 

so let me see if I understand what you are doing. 

You say your code compiles into a kernel module. I guess this module
contains the C++-classes for all elements you support. You load that
module. You then create a configuration script (e.g., Figure 7) and write
to /proc/click/config. This creates an instance of a click router in the
Linux kernel. Is this correct?

I particularly like your interface definitions (the port business) and the
C++ abstraction layer. One problem we had with Router Plugins as people
outside our group started using it was that they have to know too many
details. So we are thinking about how we can raise the level of
abstraction. Looks like your work could be inspiring. 

You did not say much on future work. What are your plans?

Again, I very much enjoyed reading your paper!

- -Dan


At 12:20 PM 10/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dan,
>
>Here's a URL for our paper, which will appear in the SOSP conference
>this December:
>
>  http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/papers/click:sosp99/
>
>Robert
>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:42:07 -0500
>> To: rtm at lcs.mit.edu
>> From: "Dan S. Decasper" <dan at arl.wustl.edu>
>> Subject: The Click Modular Router
>> 
>> 
>> Robert,
>> 
>> I'm finishing our Router Plugins paper for ToN and Craig Partridge was
>> asking me to cite your work which apparently will be in the December issue.
>> Would you mind sending me a copy of your paper?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Dan
>> 
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