bird 2.0.3 does not install multipath route in kernel

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 11:46:28AM +0000, Kenth Eriksson wrote:
> > > We don't have multipath enabled in our kernel
> > > (CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH). How does bird tell whether the kernel
> > > supports multipath? Probing run time via netlink? Didn't find any
> > > configure.ac option.
> > 
> > BIRD does not detect that. I don't know if there is a reasonable way
> > how to detect it. Just disable ECMP in OSPF if your kernel does not
> > support ECMP routes.
> 
> Ok, thanks for clarifying that. The manual gave me the impression that
> it was detected somehow since it has the following line:
> 
> "By default, ECMP is enabled if supported by Kernel"

OK, this is supposed to mean 'by Kernel protocol'. Kernel protocol
supports ECMP on Linux, but not on BSD.

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