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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 03b6591f..0b184281 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ protocol rip { <tag>router id <m/IPv4 address/</tag> Set BIRD's router ID. It's a world-wide unique identification of your router, usually one of router's IPv4 addresses. Default: in IPv4 version, the lowest IP address of a non-loopback interface. In IPv6 version, this option is mandatory. + <tag>bind bgp [address <m/address/] [port <m/port/] [v6only]</tag> + This option allows to specify address and port where BGP + protocol should listen. It is global option as listening + socket is common to all BGP instances. Default is to listen on + all addresses (0.0.0.0) and port 179. In IPv6 mode, option + <cf/v6only/ can be used to specify that BGP socket should + listen to IPv6 connections only. This is needed if you want to + run both bird and bird6 on the same port. + <tag>table <m/name/</tag> Create a new routing table. The default routing table is created implicitly, other routing tables have to be added by this command. @@ -464,8 +473,16 @@ This argument can be omitted if there exists only a single instance. <tag>enable|disable|restart <m/name/|"<m/pattern/"|all</tag> Enable, disable or restart a given protocol instance, instances matching the <cf><m/pattern/</cf> or <cf/all/ instances. - <tag>configure ["<m/config file/"]</tag> - Reload configuration from a given file. + <tag>configure [soft] ["<m/config file/"]</tag> + Reload configuration from a given file. BIRD will smoothly + switch itself to the new configuration, protocols are + reconfigured if possible, restarted otherwise. Changes in + filters usualy lead to restart of affected protocols. If + <cf/soft> option is used, changes in filters does not cause + BIRD to restart affected protocols, therefore already accepted + routes (according to old filters) would be still propagated, + but new routes would be processed according to the new + filters. <tag/down/ Shut BIRD down. |