From: Ondrej Zajicek (work) <santiago@crfreenet.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:05:56 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Doc: Fix documentation of BGP gateway option
X-Git-Tag: v2.0.8~108
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3232d1718636eb7617fedc7b27378cd1d8f8691d;p=thirdparty%2Fbird.git

Doc: Fix documentation of BGP gateway option

Thanks to Nico Schottelius for the bugreport.
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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml
index 2363fb52d..8548c9c6f 100644
--- a/doc/bird.sgml
+++ b/doc/bird.sgml
@@ -2696,12 +2696,11 @@ be used in explicit configuration.
 	For received routes, their <cf/gw/ (immediate next hop) attribute is
 	computed from received <cf/bgp_next_hop/ attribute. This option
 	specifies how it is computed. Direct mode means that the IP address from
-	<cf/bgp_next_hop/ is used if it is directly reachable, otherwise the
-	neighbor IP address is used. Recursive mode means that the gateway is
-	computed by an IGP routing table lookup for the IP address from
-	<cf/bgp_next_hop/. Note that there is just one level of indirection in
-	recursive mode - the route obtained by the lookup must not be recursive
-	itself, to prevent mutually recursive routes.
+	<cf/bgp_next_hop/ is used and must be directly reachable. Recursive mode
+	means that the gateway is computed by an IGP routing table lookup for
+	the IP address from <cf/bgp_next_hop/. Note that there is just one level
+	of indirection in recursive mode - the route obtained by the lookup must
+	not be recursive itself, to prevent mutually recursive routes.
 
 	Recursive mode is the behavior specified by the BGP
 	standard. Direct mode is simpler, does not require any routes in a