Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCHv3 00/16] slirp: Adding IPv6 support to Qemu -net user mode

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 08:27:18AM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2014-02-11 14:08, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This is a respin of IPv6 in Qemu -net user mode.
> > 
> > These patches add ICMPv6, NDP, and make UDP and TCP compatible with
> > IPv6. We have made some refactoring to make current code compatible with
> > IPv6.
> > 
> > Some patches, like 2 and 13, can be reviewed using
> > "interdiff -w /dev/null patchfile"
> > to get rid of the indentation.
> 
> The alternative is to split reindention from refactoring patches.
> 
> > 
> > Difference with version 2 is:
> > - The default IP range has been made fec0::/64 instead of fc00::/64
> > 
> 
> This is very valuable work. Unfortunately, I'm lacking time to review or
> even test this ATM. If someone else could, that would be great.

I also feel a little sad to see this major feature languish but don't
have much time at the moment.

My suggestion is to split all the preparation and cleanups into a
smaller patch series that can be applied easily.

It will make the real IPv6 series smaller and hopefully more amenable to
review.

Stefan