2.6.11 kernel, PPC, and IPv6

2.6.11 kernel, PPC, and IPv6

[Bellino, Phil]

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Hello,
I do not know if this email is appropriate for this mailing list, but I
thought I would give it a try.

Is there anyone out there who is using(or attempting to use) IPv6 with PPC
and a 2.6.11 kernel with whom I could email directly with some specific
questions?

One of my questions is at boot time, my eth0 device does not have it's
link-local address.  I must issue an "ifconfig eth0 down" and then an
"ifconfig eth0 up" to get this work work.

Also, it does not auto-configure the info for a link-global prefix/address
that is provided by the router announcements.

There are PCs in my network on i686 athlons, i386 running 2.6.5 kernels that
do in fact handle the above IPv6 correctly.

I do understand that there are IPv6 mailing list and I do belong to them,
but thus far no one has been able to assist me in these issues.

I apologize if this is not the correct forum for these types of questions.

Thank you,
Phil Bellino

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Phil Bellino
MRV Communications, Inc.
Boston Product Division
295 Foster St.
Littleton,MA 01460
Tel: (978)952-4807
Email: pbellino@mrv.com
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Re: 2.6.11 kernel, PPC, and IPv6

[Eugene Surovegin]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:20:39AM -0400, Bellino, Phil wrote:
> I do not know if this email is appropriate for this mailing list, but I
> thought I would give it a try.
> 
> Is there anyone out there who is using(or attempting to use) IPv6 with PPC
> and a 2.6.11 kernel with whom I could email directly with some specific
> questions?

I'm using IPv6 on my powerbook and 440GX ref platform (Ocotea). They 
both seems to get link-local and global addresses (from local router 
running radvd) just fine.

But don't mail me directly :), if you have questions - just ask the 
list, although I don't think this a proper place. Try netdev list 
(netdev@oss.sgi.com)

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Eugene