Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [PATCH] IPv6 support

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale wrote on 27.02.2004 16:59 MET:
> Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale <Arn...@ir...> writes:
> 
> 
>>I have just had time to test your patch now, and it is working. I am
>>no working on "complete" IPv6 routing, that is adding radvd.
> 
> 
> Whooops, I forgot about a small bug I noticed. When routing IPv6 with
> link-local addresses only, you have to explicitely load the ipv6
> module before enabling routing. It is not necessary when using
> explicitely assigned IPv6 addresses, as the module is automatically
> loaded when ifconfig is invoked. The attached patchlet should do the
> trick.
> 
> The same problem arises when using autoconfigured addresses, but this
> is generally a bad idea on a server or a router, so I think this is
> not a real issue. Anyway, I will add a config option when I have time
> (does ENABLE_IPV6 sound right?).

All commited to 1.1.x
Sorry that it took so long.

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MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
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