netdev - Re: [GIT PULL net-next-2.6] IPv6 Updates

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:36:56 +0900
From:	Toyo Abe <tabe@...aclelinux.com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL net-next-2.6] IPv6 Updates

Hi,

I have a question regarding this one.

> commit e6a359e650a738f4e2387ca5570c546e03b7e29d
> Author: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
> Date:   Sat Jun 28 14:18:38 2008 +0900
> 
>     ipv6 addrconf: add accept_dad sysctl to control DAD operation.
>     
>     - If 0, disable DAD.
>     - If 1, perform DAD (default).
>     - If >1, perform DAD and disable IPv6 operation if DAD for MAC-based
>       link-local address has been failed (RFC4862 5.4.5).
>     

I don't see why you set 1 as a default, so far.
Any concerns on setting >1 as a default?

Regards,
-toyo

YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Please consider pulling following changes on top of commit
> 28f49d8fec19833672a6a813bfde0068fee50bc9
>     Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
> available at
>     git://git.linux-ipv6.org/gitroot/yoshfuji/linux-2.6-next.git net-next-2.6-v6ready-20080702
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --yoshfuji
> 
> HEADLINES
> ---------
> 
>     ipv6: Do not assign non-valid address on interface.
>     ipv6: Do not forward packets with the unspecified source address.
>     ipv6: Assume the loopback address in link-local scope.
>     ipv6: Add disable_ipv6 sysctl to disable IPv6 operaion on specific interface.
>     ipv6 addrconf: add accept_dad sysctl to control DAD operation.
>     ipv6 route: Prefer outgoing interface with source address assigned.
> 
> DIFFSTAT
> --------
> 
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt |   11 +++++++
>  include/linux/ipv6.h                   |    4 ++
>  net/ipv6/addrconf.c                    |   53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv6/ip6_input.c                   |    3 +-
>  net/ipv6/ip6_output.c                  |   10 +++++-
>  net/ipv6/route.c                       |   32 +++++++++++++------
>  6 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
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