[Xorp-hackers] Patch for bug 312 BGP origin help submitted

Dave Roberts dave@vyatta.com
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:10:23 -0700


Perhaps go with "Origin attribute; 0 = IGP, 1 = EGP, 2 = incomplete"

-- Dave

Justin Fletcher wrote:
> I just submitted a patch for bug 312 on BGP origin help which will limit the range to origin attribute values 0-2 as defined in the BGP RFCs 1771 and 4271.  Help is added in the form of
> 
> Possible completions:
>   [0..2]	  Origin attribute; specify 0 for IGP, 1 for EGP or 2 for
> incomplete
> 
> The help text is longer than I like, but provides a simple resolution as to what the user should specify and why.  It also starts with an upper-case letter and doesn't have a trailing "." to match the proposed CLI style guide :-)
> 
> Justin Fletcher
> Vyatta
> 
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