NetBSD Problem Report #60791

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From: joe@ns1.eloisystems.com
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Subject: route in npf(7) needs a via option to specify next hop explicitly
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>Number:         60791
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       route in npf(7) needs a via option to specify next hop explicitly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    joe
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 25 16:30:00 +0000 2026
>Last-Modified:  Fri Oct 02 12:50:01 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Emmanuel Nyarko
>Release:        NetBSD current
>Organization:
NetBSD
>Environment:
NetBSD 11.9.8
>Description:

in npf route procedure, we need a "via" option as part of the routing options.

main purpose is to set the next hop/ gateway of the new interface we are forcing our packets through. This is because some traffic might not be able to reach their next hop from the main route based on the real destination address.
>How-To-Repeat:

Code inspection.
>Fix:

Yes please!

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: kern-bug-people->joe
Responsible-Changed-By: joe@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:32:02 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Working on it


From: "Emmanuel" <joe@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/60791 CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/npf/npfctl
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 12:46:56 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	joe
 Date:		Fri Oct  2 12:46:56 UTC 2026

 Modified Files:
 	src/usr.sbin/npf/npfctl: npf.conf.5 npf_parse.y

 Log Message:
 PR kern/60791

 man for updated npf routing


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.110 -r1.111 src/usr.sbin/npf/npfctl/npf.conf.5
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.59 -r1.60 src/usr.sbin/npf/npfctl/npf_parse.y

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

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