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option version = "2.0.1";
import "vnet/ip/ip_types.api";
 
/** \brief MPLS label
*/
typedef fib_mpls_label
{
  u8 is_uniform;
  u32 label;
  u8 ttl;
  u8 exp;
};
 
/** brief A path's nexthop protocol
 */
enum fib_path_nh_proto
{
  FIB_API_PATH_NH_PROTO_IP4 = 0,
  FIB_API_PATH_NH_PROTO_IP6,
  FIB_API_PATH_NH_PROTO_MPLS,
  FIB_API_PATH_NH_PROTO_ETHERNET,
  FIB_API_PATH_NH_PROTO_BIER,
};
 
/** \brief Flags for the path
 */
enum fib_path_flags
{
  FIB_API_PATH_FLAG_NONE = 0,
  /* the path must resolve via an attached route */
  FIB_API_PATH_FLAG_RESOLVE_VIA_ATTACHED = 1,
  /* the path must resolve via a host route */
  FIB_API_PATH_FLAG_RESOLVE_VIA_HOST = 2,
  /* pop a Pseudo Wire Control Word as well */
  FIB_API_PATH_FLAG_POP_PW_CW = 4,
};
 
/* \brief A description of the 'next-hop' for a path
 *  this can be something that needs resolving like an IP address
 *  (into an adjacency or another FIB entry) or the index of another
 *  VPP object that was previously created (i.e. a UDP encap object)
 */
typedef fib_path_nh
{
  /* proto = IP[46] */
  vl_api_address_union_t address;
  /* proto = MPLS */
  u32 via_label;
  /* proto = ANY, determined by path type */
  u32 obj_id;
  /* path-type = CLASSIFY */
  u32 classify_table_index;
};
 
enum fib_path_type
{
  /* Normal Paths */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_NORMAL = 0,
  /* local/for-us/receive = packet sent to VPP's L4 stack */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_LOCAL,
  /* packet is dropped */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_DROP,
  /* Packet is UDP encapped  - set obj_id in fib_path_nh_id */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_UDP_ENCAP,
  /* Packet is BIER encapped  - set obj_id in fib_path_nh_id */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_BIER_IMP,
  /* packet will generated ICMP unreach to sender */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_ICMP_UNREACH,
  /* packet will generated ICMP prohibt to sender */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_ICMP_PROHIBIT,
  /* perform a lookup based on the packet's source address */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_SOURCE_LOOKUP,
  /* Distributed Virtual router, packet is forwarded with the original
     L2 header unchanged */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_DVR,
  /* packet's RX interface is changed */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_INTERFACE_RX,
  /* packet will be sent to a classify table */
  FIB_API_PATH_TYPE_CLASSIFY,
};
 
/** \brief FIB path
    @param sw_if_index - index of the interface
    @param table_id - The table ID in which to find the next-hop address
                      (for recursive routes, i.e. when the interface is
                       not given)
    @param weight - The weight, for UCMP
    @param preference - The preference of the path. lowest preference
                        is prefered
    @param rpf-id - For paths that pop to multicast, this the the
                    RPF ID the packet will be given (0 and ~0 => unset)
    @param type - the path type
    @param flags - path flags
    @param proto - protocol that describes the next-hop address
    @param nh - the next-hop/net resolving object
    @param n_labels - the number of labels present in the stack
    @param label_stack - a stack of MPLS labels
*/
typedef fib_path
{
  u32 sw_if_index;
  u32 table_id;
  u32 rpf_id;
  u8 weight;
  u8 preference;
 
  vl_api_fib_path_type_t type;
  vl_api_fib_path_flags_t flags;
  vl_api_fib_path_nh_proto_t proto;
  vl_api_fib_path_nh_t nh;
  u8 n_labels;
  vl_api_fib_mpls_label_t label_stack[16];
};