netdev - Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

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Date:	Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:20:30 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pekka Savola <pekkas@...core.fi>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

Pekka Savola wrote:
> On kernel based on 2.6.20.3-rc1 (FC6), 'ip -6 r l' shows:
> 
> default via fe80::212:f0ff:fe5f:c4ec dev eth1  proto kernel  metric
> 1024  expires 7191sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 4294967295
> 
> (this is the same with iproute2-ss061214 and iproute2-ss070313.)
> 
> So, it seems that the data length for hoplimit is not quite right, or
> it's reported as 2^32-1 instead of 2^8-1...


Does this fix it?

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

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