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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 4d1db33f..6d9847dc 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -1340,6 +1340,9 @@ in the foot). The same syntax can also be used to construct a pair from two arbitrary integer expressions (for example <cf/(1+2,a)/). + Operators <cf/.asn/ and <cf/.data/ can be used to extract corresponding + components of a pair: <cf>(<m/asn/, <m/data/)</cf>. + <tag><label id="type-quad">quad</tag> This is a dotted quad of numbers used to represent router IDs (and others). Each component can have a value from 0 to 255. Literals of @@ -1430,6 +1433,10 @@ in the foot). pairs, LCs can be constructed using expressions for its parts, (e.g. <cf/(myas, 10+20, 3*10)/, where <cf/myas/ is an integer variable). + Operators <cf/.asn/, <cf/.data1/, and <cf/.data2/ can be used + to extract corresponding components of LCs: + <cf>(<m/asn/, <m/data1/, <m/data2/)</cf>. + <tag><label id="type-set">int|pair|quad|ip|prefix|ec|lc|enum set</tag> Filters recognize four types of sets. Sets are similar to strings: you can pass them around but you can't modify them. Literals of type <cf>int @@ -1573,7 +1580,7 @@ in the foot). Clist is similar to a set, except that unlike other sets, it can be modified. The type is used for community list (a set of pairs) and for cluster list (a set of quads). There exist no literals of this type. - There are three special operators on clists: + There are special operators on clists: <cf><m/C/.len</cf> returns the length of clist <m/C/. @@ -1600,6 +1607,15 @@ in the foot). <cf><m/C/.add(<m/P/);</cf> if <m/C/ is appropriate route attribute (for example <cf/bgp_community/). Similarly for <cf/delete/ and <cf/filter/. + <cf><m/C/.min</cf> returns the minimum element of clist <m/C/. + + <cf><m/C/.max</cf> returns the maximum element of clist <m/C/. + + Operators <cf/.min/, <cf/.max/ can be used together with <cf/filter/ + to extract the community from the specific subset of communities + (e.g. localpref or prepend) without the need to check every possible + value (e.g. <cf/filter(bgp_community, [(23456, 1000..1099)]).min/). + <tag><label id="type-eclist">eclist</tag> Eclist is a data type used for BGP extended community lists. Eclists are very similar to clists, but they are sets of ECs instead of pairs. @@ -2445,6 +2461,12 @@ 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 @@ -2656,13 +2678,6 @@ using the following configuration parameters: disabled. Default: on, with automatic fallback to off when received capability-related error. - <tag><label id="bgp-advertise-ipv4">advertise ipv4 <m/switch/</tag> - Advertise IPv4 multiprotocol capability. This is not a correct behavior - according to the strict interpretation of <rfc id="4760">, but it is - widespread and required by some BGP implementations (Cisco and Quagga). - This option is relevant to IPv4 mode with enabled capability - advertisement only. Default: on. - <tag><label id="bgp-advertise-hostname">advertise hostname <m/switch/</tag> Advertise hostname capability along with the hostname. Default: off. @@ -3307,6 +3322,12 @@ channels. allows to specify a limit on maximal number of nexthops in one route. By default, multipath merging is disabled. If enabled, default value of the limit is 16. + + <tag><label id="krt-netlink-rx-buffer">netlink rx buffer <m/number/</tag> (Linux) + Set kernel receive buffer size (in bytes) for the netlink socket. The default + value is OS-dependent (from the <file>/proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default</file> + file), If you get some "Kernel dropped some netlink message ..." warnings, + you may increase this value. </descrip> <sect1>Attributes |