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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 999fa294..23026eae 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -4141,8 +4141,8 @@ specific destination for them and you don't want to send them out through the default route to prevent routing loops). <p>There are five types of static routes: `classical' routes telling to forward -packets to a neighboring router, multipath routes specifying several (possibly -weighted) neighboring routers, device routes specifying forwarding to hosts on a +packets to a neighboring router (single path or multipath, possibly weighted), +device routes specifying forwarding to hosts on a directly connected network, recursive routes computing their nexthops by doing route table lookups for a given IP, and special routes (sink, blackhole etc.) which specify a special action to be done instead of forwarding the packet. @@ -4174,14 +4174,14 @@ definition of the protocol contains mainly a list of static routes. <p>Route definitions (each may also contain a block of per-route options): <descrip> - <tag><label id="static-route-via-ip">route <m/prefix/ via <m/ip/</tag> - Static route through a neighboring router. For link-local next hops, + <tag><label id="static-route-via-ip">route <m/prefix/ via <m/ip/ [mpls <m/num/[/<m/num/[/<m/num/[...]]]]</tag> + Static single path route through a neighboring router. For link-local next hops, interface can be specified as a part of the address (e.g., - <cf/via fe80::1234%eth0/). + <cf/via fe80::1234%eth0/). MPLS labels should be specified in outer-first order. - <tag><label id="static-route-via-mpath">route <m/prefix/ multipath via <m/ip/ [weight <m/num/] [bfd <m/switch/] [via <m/.../]</tag> + <tag><label id="static-route-via-mpath">route <m/prefix/ via <m/ip/ [mpls <m/num/[/<m/num/[/<m/num/[...]]]] [weight <m/num/] [bfd <m/switch/] [via ...]</tag> Static multipath route. Contains several nexthops (gateways), possibly - with their weights. + with their weights and MPLS labels. <tag><label id="static-route-via-iface">route <m/prefix/ via <m/"interface"/</tag> Static device route through an interface to hosts on a directly |