From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Werner Almesberger Subject: Re: [Linux-zigbee-devel] [PATCH] 6lowpan: handle only real link-local addresses Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 07:24:36 -0300 Message-ID: <20130814102436.GJ21958@ws> References: <1376430813-30982-1-git-send-email-alex.aring@gmail.com> <20130813.151230.1608414279292576217.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: alex.aring@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-zigbee-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from hydra.openmoko.org ([144.76.72.4]:42084 "EHLO hydra.openmoko.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752162Ab3HNK1F (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:27:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130813.151230.1608414279292576217.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Miller wrote: > You're submitting 7 patches, one set is numbered 1-6 and this > one has no number. The unnumbered patch is independent from the rest. But yes, he shouldn't have sent it in the same thread. To provide a bit of context, 6LoWPAN support in the kernel is currently in an embarrassingly badly broken state. On a good day, you can get ping to an RFC-compliant peer to work, sometimes even both ways, but only as long as you use link-local addresses and keep the payload small. Beyond that, it's all bugland. Alexander thus started to fix the 6LoWPAN issues he and others, myself included, had bumped into. It's a lot of changes for a relatively small file (6lowpan.c) and later on he'll have at least one more batch for fragmentation, but when all that is done, we'll finally have a stack that can actually do real work. Alexander, since you'll have to re-submit anyway, you may want to add a Reviewed-by: Werner Almesberger to all the patches. - Werner