From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/01] ipv6: RFC4214 Support (v2.4) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:34:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20071120.173459.88096876.davem@davemloft.net> References: <39C363776A4E8C4A94691D2BD9D1C9A1029EDC29@XCH-NW-7V2.nw.nos.boeing.com> <39C363776A4E8C4A94691D2BD9D1C9A1029EDC2B@XCH-NW-7V2.nw.nos.boeing.com> <39C363776A4E8C4A94691D2BD9D1C9A1029EDC3F@XCH-NW-7V2.nw.nos.boeing.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, vladislav.yasevich@hp.com To: Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:53175 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751832AbXKUBfA (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:35:00 -0500 In-Reply-To: <39C363776A4E8C4A94691D2BD9D1C9A1029EDC3F@XCH-NW-7V2.nw.nos.boeing.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: "Templin, Fred L" Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:36:26 -0800 > From: Fred L. Templin > > This patch includes support for the Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel > Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) per RFC4214. It uses the SIT > module, and is configured using extensions to the "iproute2" > utility. The diffs are specific to the Linux 2.6.24-rc2 kernel > distribution. > > This version reflects changes based on netdev list discussions > on 11/14/07 thru 11/15/07. It does away with in-the-kernel RS/RA > pinging and now asks that the task be performed by an application. > The application will essentially entail a port of the FreeBSD 'rtsold' > daemon, and will use the standard socket API. > > Signed-off-by: Fred L. Templin I think we've made Fred jump through enough hoops :-) I've added this to net-2.6.25, any fixups should be sent relative to this, thanks. Although that default router lookup on every packet doesn't look so cheap, I wonder if there is a less expensive way to implement that bit.