Commit 4ec1933d authored by Stephen Hemminger's avatar Stephen Hemminger

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.
parent 3979ef91
...@@ -1395,13 +1395,13 @@ normal routing tables. ...@@ -1395,13 +1395,13 @@ normal routing tables.
.P .P
.B Route tables: .B Route tables:
Linux-2.x can pack routes into several routing Linux-2.x can pack routes into several routing tables identified
tables identified by a number in the range from 1 to 255 or by by a number in the range from 1 to 2^31 or by name from the file
name from the file
.B /etc/iproute2/rt_tables .B /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
By default all normal routes are inserted into the By default all normal routes are inserted into the
.B main .B main
table (ID 254) and the kernel only uses this table when calculating routes. 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 .sp
Actually, one other table always exists, which is invisible but Actually, one other table always exists, which is invisible but
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