[Bug 214793] New: Missing mention of automatic ICMPv6 checksum calculation when using raw sockets

[Bug 214793] New: Missing mention of automatic ICMPv6 checksum calculation when using raw sockets

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214793

            Bug ID: 214793
           Summary: Missing mention of automatic ICMPv6 checksum
                    calculation when using raw sockets
           Product: Documentation
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: low
          Priority: P1
         Component: man-pages
          Assignee: documentation_man-pages@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: xrucky01@stud.fit.vutbr.cz
        Regression: No

There is no mention of the fact that a socket of type AF_INET6 with protocol
IPPROTO_ICMPV6 performs automatic calculation of the ICMPv6 checksum field when
data is sent on the socket. This is distinct from how IPv4 ICMP sockets work.

As the ipv6 man page says that "the IPv6 API aims to be mostly compatible with
the IPv4 API. Only differences are described in this man page." I do believe
that the mention of the different behaviour should appear at least somewhere in
the man pages. Notably the ip and raw man pages.

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