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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:08:33 -0400
From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sunrpc: Add scope id to svc_addr_u for IPv6 LINKLOCAL
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 03:44:39PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Aug 22, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > That said, on a semi-related note...
> > 
> > I have to wonder about statd in conjunction with link-local addresses.
> > I have a hard time understanding how you'd ever get reboot
> > notifications in such a setup.
> 
> The only way that could work is if DNS was able to look at a local hostname, and provide the correct scope ID.  Doubtful.  I wonder if mDNS might provide such ability.

OK.  Mi Jinlong, if you don't have a use case in mind for this, let's
not bother.

--b.