From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Dichtel Subject: Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:33:08 +0100 Message-ID: <52D020C4.30105@6wind.com> References: <52CFE594.8010808@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, davem@davemloft.net, kumuda , netdev , David Miller To: sohny thomas Return-path: In-Reply-To: <52CFE594.8010808@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org CC: netdev Le 10/01/2014 13:20, sohny thomas a =E9crit : > Default route for link local address is configured automatically if > NETWORKING_IPV6=3Dyes is in ifcfg-eth*. > When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address i= s added to > the same device with out removing linklocal addr, default route for l= ink local > address has to added by default. I would say that removing the link local route but not the link local a= ddress is a configuration problem. If you remove a connected route but not the associated address, you wil= l have the same problem. > > I have found the issue to be caused by this checkin > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit= /net/ipv6?id=3D62b54dd91567686a1cb118f76a72d5f4764a86dd > > > According to this change : > He removes adding a link local route if any other address is added , = applicable > across all interfaces though there's mentioned only lo interface > So below patch fixes for other devices