[address-policy-wg] scaling # of prefixes Re: Proposal 2011-02 moving to Last Call

Hella Geza,

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Turchanyi Geza <turchanyi.geza at gmail.com> wrote:
> How many IPv6 entries can be added if the total capacity of the line card is
> 0.5M IPv4 routing entry?

Are there no line cards with larger capacity in development?
Will we still be limited to 0.5M when the problem (i think it is a
long term problem) arises?

Don't get me wrong, I know what your concerns are, and I think you
have good reason for them. I just don't like fitting IPv6 development
(if there still is one, sometimes we are just stuck) into routers, I
would rather change the routers to cope with the "new" technology.

I haven't seen much line cards holding DFZ in my life, since I used
quagga and bird. Why is this such a big problem with those line cards?
Is it _our_ problem or the _vendors_ one, once the table reaches 0.5M?
Would you buy a line card that cannot handle your line?


regards,
  danrl