From 95127cbbb76e8870e029454a5313bc4b6ce69a4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@crfreenet.org>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:47:41 +0200
Subject: Real broadcast mode for OSPFv2.

---
 doc/bird.sgml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/bird.sgml')

diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 820ebaa2..b43eb263 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -1825,6 +1825,7 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
 			type [broadcast|bcast|pointopoint|ptp|
 				nonbroadcast|nbma|pointomultipoint|ptmp];
 			strict nonbroadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
+			real broadcast &lt;switch&gt;;
 			check link &lt;switch&gt;;
 			ecmp weight &lt;num&gt;;
 			authentication [none|simple|cryptographic];
@@ -2058,6 +2059,16 @@ protocol ospf &lt;name&gt; {
 	 If set, don't send hello to any undefined neighbor. This switch
 	 is ignored on other than NBMA or PtMP networks. Default value is no.
 
+	<tag>real broadcast <m/switch/</tag>
+	 In <cf/type broadcast/ or <cf/type ptp/ network
+	 configuration, OSPF packets are sent as IP multicast
+	 packets. This option changes the behavior to using
+	 old-fashioned IP broadcast packets. This may be useful as a
+	 workaround if IP multicast for some reason does not work or
+	 does not work reliably. This is a non-standard option and
+	 probably is not interoperable with other OSPF
+	 implementations. Default value is no.
+
 	<tag>check link <M>switch</M></tag>
 	 If set, a hardware link state (reported by OS) is taken into
 	 consideration. When a link disappears (e.g. an ethernet cable is
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