[PATCH 1/1] update ip-sysctl.txt documentation

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Update documentation to reflect the fact that
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/max_size is no longer used for ipv4.

Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <ani@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 9bffdfc..2a28261 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ fwmark_reflect - BOOLEAN
 	Default: 0
 
 route/max_size - INTEGER
-	Maximum number of routes allowed in the kernel.  Increase
-	this when using large numbers of interfaces and/or routes.
+	Post linux kernel 3.6, this is deprecated for ipv4 as route cache is no
+	longer used. For ipv6, this is used to limit the maximum number of ipv6
+	routes allowed in the kernel.  Increase this when using large numbers of
+	interfaces and/or routes.
 
 neigh/default/gc_thresh1 - INTEGER
 	Minimum number of entries to keep.  Garbage collector will not
-- 
1.7.4.4

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