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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index a63493da..99aa140a 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ BIRD executable by configuring out routing protocols you don't use, and <p>You can pass several command-line options to bird: <descrip> + <tag><label id="argv-block">-B <m/exp/</tag> + allocate memory using 2^<cf/exp/ byte sized blocks; + if you're expecting high memory load, raise this to + reduce number of allocated memory pages. For a million routes + in one table, the recommended setting is 18. + Default is your system page size, typically 12 for 4096 bytes. + <tag><label id="argv-config">-c <m/config name/</tag> use given configuration file instead of <it/prefix/<file>/etc/bird.conf</file>. @@ -1700,7 +1707,7 @@ Common route attributes are: <tag><label id="rta-source"><m/enum/ source</tag> what protocol has told me about this route. Possible values: - <cf/RTS_DUMMY/, <cf/RTS_STATIC/, <cf/RTS_INHERIT/, <cf/RTS_DEVICE/, + <cf/RTS_STATIC/, <cf/RTS_INHERIT/, <cf/RTS_DEVICE/, <cf/RTS_RIP/, <cf/RTS_OSPF/, <cf/RTS_OSPF_IA/, <cf/RTS_OSPF_EXT1/, <cf/RTS_OSPF_EXT2/, <cf/RTS_BGP/, <cf/RTS_PIPE/, <cf/RTS_BABEL/. @@ -4126,6 +4133,14 @@ include standard channel config options; see the example below. <tag><label id="pipe-peer-table">peer table <m/table/</tag> Defines secondary routing table to connect to. The primary one is selected by the <cf/table/ keyword. + + <tag><label id="pipe-max-generation">max generation <m/expr/</tag> + Sets maximal generation of route that may pass through this pipe. + The generation value is increased by one by each pipe on its path. + Not meeting this requirement causes an error message complaining about + an overpiped route. If you have long chains of pipes, you probably want + to raise this value; anyway the default of 16 should be enough for even + most strange uses. Maximum is 254. </descrip> <sect1>Attributes |