git: 37202ca854 - main - Status/2026Q2: Explain Routing Metric
Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:39 +0000
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The branch main has been updated by pouria: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=37202ca85426ad980293829501a4a2a7a8040c7c commit 37202ca85426ad980293829501a4a2a7a8040c7c Author: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2026-07-14 08:55:57 +0000 Commit: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-07-14 08:59:05 +0000 Status/2026Q2: Explain Routing Metric Fix contractions and explain routing metric. Reported by: gperciva Approved by: gperciva Fixes: 487d18e72723 ("Status/2026Q2: Pouria reports") Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57390 --- website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/geneve-support.adoc | 2 +- .../content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/ipv6_improvements.adoc | 3 +-- website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/metric.adoc | 5 ++++- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/geneve-support.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/geneve-support.adoc index da0c6bb01a..e1f21f17ac 100644 --- a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/geneve-support.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/geneve-support.adoc @@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54172[Add Support for Geneve (RFC8926)] URL: l Contact: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> -Since the last report, I have committed the man:geneve[4] driver and now it's available on CURRENT. +Since the last report, I have committed the man:geneve[4] driver and it is now available on CURRENT. diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/ipv6_improvements.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/ipv6_improvements.adoc index 68a1c2ba50..6ca951d2d5 100644 --- a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/ipv6_improvements.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/ipv6_improvements.adoc @@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ Contact: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> -For the past 6 months, I have worked on a refreshing our IPv6 stack and -implementeing pending RFCs in our stack, and they are now available on CURRENT. +For the past 6 months, I have worked on refreshing our IPv6 stack and implementeing pending RFCs in our stack, and they are now available on CURRENT. So far, I have added the support for: diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/metric.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/metric.adoc index e4ef9e3288..5c26359890 100644 --- a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/metric.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-04-2026-06/metric.adoc @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ -=== Support for Metric +=== Support for Routing Metric Contact: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> I have been working on the metric implementation since 2026Q1. +Routing metrics are configuration values used by a router to make routing decisions. +Router metrics help the routing stack to choose the best route among multiple feasible routes to a destination. +The route will go in the direction of the gateway with the lowest metric. Support for metric in our routing stack is implemented and available in CURRENT. Metric support requires numerous updates to both kernel and userland.