On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:08:21 -0800 David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> To specify multiple nexthops in a route the user is expected to use the > "nexthop" keyword which ip route uses to create the RTA_MULTIPATH. > However, ip route always accepts multiple 'via' keywords where only the > last one is used in the route leading to confusion. For example, ip > accepts this syntax: > $ ip ro add vrf red 1.1.1.0/24 via 10.100.1.18 via 10.100.2.18 > > but the route entered inserted by the kernel is just the last gateway: > 1.1.1.0/24 via 10.100.2.18 dev eth2 > > which is not the full request from the user. Detect the presense of > multiple 'via' and give the user a hint to add nexthop: > > $ ip ro add vrf red 1.1.1.0/24 via 10.100.1.18 via 10.100.2.18 > Error: argument "via" is wrong: use nexthop syntax to specify multiple via > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Applied thanks.
