New config statement "rde route-age [evaluate|ignore]". If set to evaluate

the best path selection will not only be based on the path attributes but
also on the age of the prefix. This is an extension to the RFC. The default
is ignore but previously it was implicitly set to evaluate.
OK henning@ man page OK jaredy@ jmc@

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5
index cf66ebc6140..1429dd3ebbe 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/bgpd/bgpd.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bgpd.conf.5,v 1.39 2004/11/09 10:37:42 henning Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bgpd.conf.5,v 1.40 2004/11/11 10:35:15 claudio Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Claudio Jeker <claudio@openbsd.org>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -223,6 +223,19 @@ See also the
 section.
 .Pp
 .It Xo
+.Ic rde
+.Ic route-age
+.Pq Ic ignore Ns \&| Ns Ic evaluate
+.Xc
+If set to
+.Ic evaluate ,
+the best path selection will not only be based on the path attributes but
+also on the age of the route.
+In this case the decision process is no longer deterministic.
+The default is
+.Ic ignore .
+.Pp
+.It Xo
 .Ic route-collector
 .Pq Ic yes Ns \&| Ns Ic no
 .Xc