From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: addrconf: drop ieee802154 specific things Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:11:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20151214.161104.51809961792932420.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1450122922-3174-1-git-send-email-alex.aring@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel@pengutronix.de, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net To: alex.aring@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:60518 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932371AbbLNVLK (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:11:10 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1450122922-3174-1-git-send-email-alex.aring@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Alexander Aring Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:55:22 +0100 > This patch removes ARPHRD_IEEE802154 from addrconf handling. In the > earlier days of 802.15.4 6LoWPAN, the interface type was ARPHRD_IEEE802154 > which introduced several issues, because 802.15.4 interfaces used the > same type. > > Since commit 965e613d299c ("ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix ARPHRD to > ARPHRD_6LOWPAN") we use ARPHRD_6LOWPAN for 6LoWPAN interfaces. This > patch will remove ARPHRD_IEEE802154 which is currently deadcode, because > ARPHRD_IEEE802154 doesn't reach the minimum 1280 MTU of IPv6. > > Also we use 6LoWPAN EUI64 specific defines instead using link-layer > constanst from 802.15.4 link-layer header. > > Cc: David S. Miller > Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov > Cc: James Morris > Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI > Cc: Patrick McHardy > Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring Applied, thank you.