netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: add special mode forwarding=2 to send RS while configured as router

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Date:	Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:03:06 +0100
From:	Daniel Roesen <dr@...enet.de>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...r.kernel.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: add special mode forwarding=2 to send RS while
	configured as router

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 09:04:20AM -0400, Thomas Graf wrote:
> Similar to accepting router advertisement, the IPv6 stack does not send router
> solicitations if forwarding is enabled.
> 
> This patch enables this behavior to be overruled by setting forwarding to the
> special value 2.

Wouldn't it be more elegant to use accept_ra=2 as trigger instead of a new special
value for the forwarding option?

Best regards,
Daniel

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