doc/ip-sysctl: add bc_forwarding
authorNicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000 (16:00 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:31:43 +0000 (10:31 +0100)
Let's describe this sysctl.

Fixes: 5cbf777cfdf6 ("route: add support for directed broadcast forwarding")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst

index b0024aa..6682829 100644 (file)
@@ -267,6 +267,13 @@ ipfrag_max_dist - INTEGER
        from different IP datagrams, which could result in data corruption.
        Default: 64
 
+bc_forwarding - INTEGER
+       bc_forwarding enables the feature described in rfc1812#section-5.3.5.2
+       and rfc2644. It allows the router to forward directed broadcast.
+       To enable this feature, the 'all' entry and the input interface entry
+       should be set to 1.
+       Default: 0
+
 INET peer storage
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