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authorOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2022-01-09 02:40:58 +0100
committerOndrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>2022-01-09 02:44:32 +0100
commit60e9def9ef7b5d16f868b0fb4ab1192d59fd7541 (patch)
tree101cc5b854d27a4ed72960712f5c9b0b0f38028f /doc/bird.sgml
parent87a02489f3880689a4e2ad72b0b981649dad2154 (diff)
BGP: Add option 'free bind'
The BGP 'free bind' option applies the IP_FREEBIND/IPV6_FREEBIND socket option for the BGP listening socket. Thanks to Alexander Zubkov for the idea.
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@@ -2412,6 +2412,12 @@ using the following configuration parameters:
same address family and using the same local port) should have set
<cf/strict bind/, or none of them. Default: disabled.
+ <tag><label id="bgp-free-bind">free bind <m/switch/</tag>
+ Use IP_FREEBIND socket option for the listening socket, which allows
+ binding to an IP address not (yet) assigned to an interface. Note that
+ all BGP instances that share a listening socket should have the same
+ value of the <cf/freebind/ option. Default: disabled.
+
<tag><label id="bgp-check-link">check link <M>switch</M></tag>
BGP could use hardware link state into consideration. If enabled,
BIRD tracks the link state of the associated interface and when link