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From: Derek Fawcus <dfawcus@cisco.com>
To: "YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@?(B" <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com, usagi@linux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Fix Prefix Length of Link-local Addresses
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:00:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021009170018.H29133@edinburgh.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021008.000559.17528416.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>; from yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org on Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:05:59AM +0900

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:05:59AM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@?(B wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Prefix length for link-local address should be 64, not 10.
> This patch fixes prefix length of link-local address.
> 
> Following patch is against 2.4.19.

Huh?

Without reading the kernel routing table code a bit more,  I'm not certain
what that change does,  but it looks as if it might be changing the
connected route for a link local from fe80::/10 to fe80::/64.

I'd actually say that is wrong.

All link local's are currently supposed to have those top bits
('tween 10 and 64) zero'd,  however any address within the link local
prefix _is_ on link / connected and should go to the interface.

i.e. it's perfectly valid for me to assign a link local of fe80:1910::10
     to an interface and expect it to be work,  likewise for a packet
     destined to any link local address to trigger ND.

DF

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-09 16:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-07 15:05 [PATCH] IPv6: Fix Prefix Length of Link-local Addresses YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2002-10-07 18:55 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08  0:37   ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2002-10-08 19:40     ` David S. Miller
2002-10-09 16:00 ` Derek Fawcus [this message]
2002-10-09 16:54   ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2002-10-09 17:11     ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-09 17:16     ` Pekka Savola
2002-10-09 19:03       ` kuznet
2002-10-09 19:23         ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2002-10-09 20:47           ` kuznet
2002-10-09 21:46   ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-09 22:44     ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-09 23:14       ` David S. Miller
2002-10-09 23:29         ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-09 23:24           ` David S. Miller
2002-10-09 23:36             ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-09 23:41             ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-09 23:45               ` David S. Miller
2002-10-10  0:00                 ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-10  0:04                   ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-10  0:14                     ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-10  0:21                       ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-10  0:35                         ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-10  0:42                           ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-10  0:56                             ` Yuji Sekiya
2002-10-10  1:11                               ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-10  0:10                   ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-10  0:02                 ` Derek Fawcus
2002-10-09 23:51               ` Derek Fawcus

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