The branch main has been updated by pouria: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=355989b21712cbb7173cbec4a036c541e6f08c0e
commit 355989b21712cbb7173cbec4a036c541e6f08c0e Author: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2026-04-14 07:49:29 +0000 Commit: Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2026-05-15 21:29:49 +0000 route.8: Describe weight modifier Describe `-weight` argument in the route manual. Reviewed by: glebius, ziaee Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56246 --- sbin/route/route.8 | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/route/route.8 b/sbin/route/route.8 index 572781ef59c8..5cb16120c8d8 100644 --- a/sbin/route/route.8 +++ b/sbin/route/route.8 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd November 12, 2024 +.Dd May 16, 2026 .Dt ROUTE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ Note that the qualifier works only for .Dv AF_INET6 address family. .Pp +For +.Li ECMP +routes, the +.Fl weight +modifier can be used to influence nexthop selection. +For example, a destination with two nexthops defined as +.Dq Fl gateway Ar 3fff::1 Fl weight Ar 100 +and +.Dq Fl gateway Ar 3fff::2 Fl weight Ar 200 +will make the nexthop 3fff::2 twice as likely to be chosen as 3fff::1. +.Pp Routes have associated flags which influence operation of the protocols when sending to destinations matched by the routes. These flags may be set (or sometimes cleared)
