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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 9375324aa8e1..5cdc37c34830 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -1560,6 +1560,18 @@ skip_notify_on_dev_down - BOOLEAN on userspace caches to track link events and evict routes. Default: false (generate message) +nexthop_compat_mode - BOOLEAN + New nexthop API provides a means for managing nexthops independent of + prefixes. Backwards compatibilty with old route format is enabled by + default which means route dumps and notifications contain the new + nexthop attribute but also the full, expanded nexthop definition. + Further, updates or deletes of a nexthop configuration generate route + notifications for each fib entry using the nexthop. Once a system + understands the new API, this sysctl can be disabled to achieve full + performance benefits of the new API by disabling the nexthop expansion + and extraneous notifications. + Default: true (backward compat mode) + IPv6 Fragmentation: ip6frag_high_thresh - INTEGER |