My routing size is too big!

Hello, I'm trying to use bird to get the complete internet routing table onto a linux box. I've got a BGP session with a transit provider. It works for a bit then bombs out with: ebgp: Received: Maximum number of prefixes reached: 00010100000002 Interestingly, if I redirect these routes into an alternative routing table (e.g. table test; protocol bgp ebgp { ... table test; ... } ), it works OK. 1) Where do I need to increase the limit? In bird? In the Kernel? 2) Can I route them into a separate routeing table, aggregate them, then inject them into the kernel? Any help appreciated, David