diff --git a/sys/conf/files b/sys/conf/files
index e0b293c0b4c7..3e72305b0f1f 100644
--- a/sys/conf/files
+++ b/sys/conf/files
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ netinet/igmp.c		optional inet
 netinet/in.c		optional inet
 netinet/in_pcb.c	optional inet
 netinet/in_proto.c	optional inet
+netinet/in_rmx.c	optional in_rmx
 netinet/ip_icmp.c	optional inet
 netinet/ip_input.c	optional inet
 netinet/ip_mroute.c	optional inet
diff --git a/sys/net/radix.h b/sys/net/radix.h
index 29099243d52e..89895d0a5a00 100644
--- a/sys/net/radix.h
+++ b/sys/net/radix.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)radix.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
- * $Id: radix.h,v 1.2 1994/08/02 07:46:31 davidg Exp $
+ * $Id: radix.h,v 1.3 1994/08/21 05:11:45 paul Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef _NET_RADIX_H_
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ struct radix_node_head {
 		__P((void *v, struct radix_node_head *head));
 	int	(*rnh_walktree)			/* traverse tree */
 		__P((struct radix_node_head *head, int (*f)(), void *w));
+	void	(*rnh_close)	/* do something when the last ref drops */
+		__P((struct radix_node *rn, struct radix_node_head *head));
 	struct	radix_node rnh_nodes[3];	/* empty tree for common case */
 };
 
diff --git a/sys/net/route.c b/sys/net/route.c
index 84fc40ac8969..ad8629fa7d87 100644
--- a/sys/net/route.c
+++ b/sys/net/route.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)route.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 11/15/93
- * $Id: route.c,v 1.8 1994/10/02 17:48:26 phk Exp $
+ * $Id: route.c,v 1.9 1994/10/11 23:16:27 wollman Exp $
  */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -136,11 +136,16 @@ void
 rtfree(rt)
 	register struct rtentry *rt;
 {
+	register struct radix_node_head *rnh = 
+		rt_tables[rt_key(rt)->sa_family];
 	register struct ifaddr *ifa;
 
 	if (rt == 0)
 		panic("rtfree");
 	rt->rt_refcnt--;
+	if(rnh->rnh_close && rt->rt_refcnt == 0) {
+		rnh->rnh_close((struct radix_node *)rt, rnh);
+	}
 	if (rt->rt_refcnt <= 0 && (rt->rt_flags & RTF_UP) == 0) {
 		if (rt->rt_nodes->rn_flags & (RNF_ACTIVE | RNF_ROOT))
 			panic ("rtfree 2");
@@ -344,7 +349,6 @@ rtrequest(req, dst, gateway, netmask, flags, ret_nrt)
 	register struct radix_node_head *rnh;
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
 	struct sockaddr *ndst;
-	int doexpire = 0;
 #define senderr(x) { error = x ; goto bad; }
 
 	if ((rnh = rt_tables[dst->sa_family]) == 0)
@@ -383,21 +387,7 @@ rtrequest(req, dst, gateway, netmask, flags, ret_nrt)
 		if ((netmask = rt->rt_genmask) == 0)
 			flags |= RTF_HOST;
 		if (flags & RTF_STATIC) {
-			/*
-			 * We make a few assumptions here which are not
-			 * necessarily valid for everybody.
-			 * 1) static cloning routes want this treatment
-			 * 2) somebody's link layer out there is
-			 *    timing these things out
-			 *
-			 * (2) in particular is not presently true for any
-			 * p2p links, but we hope that this will not cause
-			 * problems.  (I believe that these extra routes
-			 * can never cause incorrect operation, but they
-			 * really should get timed out to free the memory.)
-			 */
 			flags &= ~RTF_STATIC;
-			doexpire = 1;
 		}
 			
 		goto makeroute;
@@ -438,9 +428,6 @@ rtrequest(req, dst, gateway, netmask, flags, ret_nrt)
 		rt->rt_ifp = ifa->ifa_ifp;
 		if (req == RTM_RESOLVE)
 			rt->rt_rmx = (*ret_nrt)->rt_rmx; /* copy metrics */
-		if (doexpire)
-			rt->rt_rmx.rmx_expire = 
-				time.tv_sec + 1200; /* XXX MAGIC CONSTANT */
 		if (ifa->ifa_rtrequest)
 			ifa->ifa_rtrequest(req, rt, SA(ret_nrt ? *ret_nrt : 0));
 		if (ret_nrt) {
diff --git a/sys/netinet/in_proto.c b/sys/netinet/in_proto.c
index 13bf14802c50..d397b64021c6 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/in_proto.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in_proto.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	@(#)in_proto.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
- * $Id: in_proto.c,v 1.5 1994/09/14 03:10:08 wollman Exp $
+ * $Id: in_proto.c,v 1.6 1994/09/15 10:36:52 davidg Exp $
  */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -154,10 +154,19 @@ struct protosw inetsw[] = {
 },
 };
 
+#ifdef IN_RMX
+extern int in_inithead(void **, int);
+#endif
+
 struct domain inetdomain =
     { AF_INET, "internet", 0, 0, 0, 
       inetsw, &inetsw[sizeof(inetsw)/sizeof(inetsw[0])], 0,
-      rn_inithead, 32, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in) };
+#ifdef IN_RMX
+      in_inithead, 32, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)
+#else
+      rn_inithead, 32, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)
+#endif
+    };
 
 #include "imp.h"
 #if NIMP > 0