Bird 2.0.10: ipv6 static onlink route updates after each scan time

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:04:52AM +0000, Saklak, Marcin via Bird-users wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an issue with onlink static routes bird constantly remove and add them to kernel.
> 
> Is this expected behavior that for ipv6 onlink route bird after each scan time remove and add route? for other static routes bird update kernel once

Hello

Onlink flag is meaningful only with explicit next hops (IPs). I would
check how it will behave with direct routes (like in your case), but that
is not expected usage.


>    route 2600:1408:c400::1234/128 via "eth-1_1_39_1" onlink; #update after each scan time by remove and add
> 
>    route 2600:1408:c400::4444/128 via "eth-1_1_39_1"; #update once


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