I am in the initial build stages of a BIRD deployment for route control and black holing. I built a couple functions that display the protocol info, etc. When I add a route in the Ubuntu command line, I get this: [ UBUNTU CLI ] $ sudo ip route add blackhole x.x.x.x/32 protocol LOCAL realm 1020 scope Internet table 120 [ SYSLOG - KERNEL IMPORT ] =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** Kernel || Import ** ** Protocol: kernel_TEST ** Distribution: Local ** Control Type: Internet ** Realm Name: Test Lab =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** Source: RTS_INHERIT ** Destination: RTD_BLACKHOLE ** Scope: SCOPE_UNIVERSE ** Cast: RTC_UNICAST ** Network: x.x.x.x/32 ** Network Length: 32 ** Preference: 10 ** From: x.x.x.x ** Gateway: 0.0.0.0 ** Protocol: kernel_TEST ** ifname: ** ifindex: 0 ** Metric: (void) =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** krt_source: 200 ** krt_metric: 0 ** krt_prefsrc: (void) ** krt_realm: 1020 ** krt_scope: 111 =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= [ SYSLOG - BGP EXPORT ] =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** BGP || Export ** ** Protocol: kernel_TEST ** Control Type: Internet =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** Source: RTS_INHERIT ** Destination: RTD_BLACKHOLE ** Scope: SCOPE_UNIVERSE ** Cast: RTC_UNICAST ** Network: x.x.x.x/32 ** Network Length: 32 ** Preference: 10 ** From: x.x.x.x ** Gateway: 0.0.0.0 ** Protocol: kernel_TEST ** ifname: ** ifindex: 0 ** Metric: (void) =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= ** bgp_path: (path 65499) ** bgp_path: [FIRST] 65499 ** bgp_path: [LAST] 65499 ** bgp_local_pref: 100 ** bgp_med: (void) ** bgp_origin: 0 ** bgp_next_hop: x.x.x.x ** bgp_atomic_aggr: (void) ** bgp_community: (clist (65499,999)) ** bgp_ext_community: (eclist ) ** bgp_large_community: (lclist ) ** bgp_originator_id: x.x.x.x ** bgp_cluster_list: (clist ) =`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`=`= Why doesn't the protocol variable update to the name of the BGP protocol in my config? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid Turbo 2.