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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] bridge: Use IPv6 link-local address for multicast
 listener queries
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:08:23 -0800 (PST)
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=46rom: Linus L=FCssing <linus.luessing@web.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:17:52 +0100

> Currently the bridge multicast snooping feature periodically issues
> IPv6 general multicast listener queries to sense the absence of a
> listener.
>=20
> For this, it uses :: as its source address - however RFC 2710 require=
s:
> "To be valid, the Query message MUST come from a link-local IPv6 Sour=
ce
> Address". Current Linux kernel versions seem to follow this requireme=
nt
> and ignore our bogus MLD queries.
>=20
> With this commit a link local address from the bridge interface is be=
ing
> used to issue the MLD query, resulting in other Linux devices which a=
re
> multicast listeners in the network to respond with a MLD response (wh=
ich
> was not the case before).
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Linus L=FCssing <linus.luessing@web.de>

Applied.