diff -Naur bird-1.3.4/proto/ospf/iface.c bird-1.3.4~loosecheck/proto/ospf/iface.c
--- bird-1.3.4/proto/ospf/iface.c   2011-07-10 09:58:51.000000000 +0000
+++ bird-1.3.4~loosecheck/proto/ospf/iface.c   2014-04-23 20:21:00.788463378 +0000
@@ -534,23 +534,32 @@

   /* Check validity of interface type */
   int old_type = ifa->type;
+  int pref_type = ifa->type;

 #ifdef OSPFv2
   if ((ifa->type == OSPF_IT_BCAST) && (addr->flags & IA_PEER))
-    ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTP;
+    /*ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTP;*/
+    pref_type = OSPF_IT_PTP;

   if ((ifa->type == OSPF_IT_NBMA) && (addr->flags & IA_PEER))
-    ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;
+    /*ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;*/
+    pref_type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;
 #endif

   if ((ifa->type == OSPF_IT_BCAST) && !(iface->flags & IF_MULTICAST))
-    ifa->type = OSPF_IT_NBMA;
+    /*ifa->type = OSPF_IT_NBMA;*/
+    pref_type = OSPF_IT_NBMA;

   if ((ifa->type == OSPF_IT_PTP) && !(iface->flags & IF_MULTICAST))
-    ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;
+    /*ifa->type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;*/
+    pref_type = OSPF_IT_PTMP;

-  if (ifa->type != old_type)
+  /*if (ifa->type != old_type)
     log(L_WARN "%s: Cannot use interface %s as %s, forcing %s",
+   p->name, iface->name, ospf_it[old_type], ospf_it[ifa->type]);*/
+
+  if (ifa->type != old_type)
+    log(L_WARN "%s: Probably shouldnt use interface %s as %s, recommended mode is %s",
    p->name, iface->name, ospf_it[old_type], ospf_it[ifa->type]);