git: aa5d3dec9df9 - main - route.8: remove now incorrect bug report about blackhole routes
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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:15:14 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=aa5d3dec9df9379ab610f426e9653d1a55b254e5
commit aa5d3dec9df9379ab610f426e9653d1a55b254e5
Author: Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-11-12 13:58:14 +0000
Commit: Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-11-13 08:12:32 +0000
route.8: remove now incorrect bug report about blackhole routes
We removed IP fast forwarding a while ago, so this is no longer relevant.
The netlink interface always sets the nexthop interface as V_loif, so users
don't need to worry about it either.
Reported by: Jim Thompson
Reviewed by: melifaro
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47528
---
sbin/route/route.8 | 16 +---------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sbin/route/route.8 b/sbin/route/route.8
index 08d5aae36b28..572781ef59c8 100644
--- a/sbin/route/route.8
+++ b/sbin/route/route.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd June 16, 2023
+.Dd November 12, 2024
.Dt ROUTE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -552,17 +552,3 @@ The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .
-.Sh BUGS
-The first paragraph may have slightly exaggerated
-.Xr routed 8 Ns 's
-abilities.
-.Pp
-Currently, routes with the
-.Dv RTF_BLACKHOLE
-flag set need to have the gateway set to an instance of the
-.Xr lo 4
-driver, using the
-.Fl iface
-option, for the flag to have any effect; unless IP fast forwarding
-is enabled, in which case the meaning of the flag will always
-be honored.