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From: jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6][NEIGH] Updating affected neighbours when about
	MAC address change
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:46:15 -0500
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On Sun, 2007-23-12 at 21:38 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / =E5=90=89=E8=97=A4=
=E8=8B=B1=E6=98=8E wrote:
> In article <31436f4a0712230424n1cfaeb27o463e62093af41090@mail.gmail.c=
om> (at Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:24:00 +0200), "David Shwatrz" <dshwatrz@gma=
il.com> says:
>=20
> > Regarding your answer;  I accept it and I will soon send a revised
> > version of this patch (making changes to
> >  arp_netdev_event() and ndisc_netdev_event().)
> > I had  IPv4 in mind, there is no reason that it will no be also in =
IPv6.
>=20
> You should iterate all of ifa_list (for IPv4) / addr_list (for IPv6).
> For IPv6, we also have anycast (maintained by ac_list) as well.
>=20

Hrm, how is this going to work for the case of multiple MACs on a
device?=20
Changing one MAC address doesnt equate to issuing a grat arp with _the
new MAC_ for all ifa (given each MAC may be map to a different ifa)=20

cheers,
jamal