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authorStephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>2010-04-22 15:24:37 -0700
committerStephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>2010-04-22 15:24:37 -0700
commit4ec1933dfddfccb112f6664fa5466db548363f81 (patch)
tree6ed4005695d8094ac7226d93ebb2ca0dfba35fa3 /man
parent3979ef91de9ed17d21672aaaefd6c228485135a2 (diff)
Update ip.8 man page to describe route table id values
2.6 kernel allows 2^32 route tables, but documentation stated only 255 values were possible.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/ip.8 b/man/man8/ip.8
index 3efa0455..a5d29153 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip.8
@@ -1395,13 +1395,13 @@ normal routing tables.
.P
.B Route tables:
-Linux-2.x can pack routes into several routing
-tables identified by a number in the range from 1 to 255 or by
-name from the file
+Linux-2.x can pack routes into several routing tables identified
+by a number in the range from 1 to 2^31 or by name from the file
.B /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
By default all normal routes are inserted into the
.B main
table (ID 254) and the kernel only uses this table when calculating routes.
+Values (0, 253, 254, and 255) are reserved for built-in use.
.sp
Actually, one other table always exists, which is invisible but