linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses

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Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:00:43 -0400
From:	Dave Johnson <djohnson+linux-kernel@...starentnetworks.com>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	lksctp-developers@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Srinivas Akkipeddi <sakkiped@...rentnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: ipv6_addr_type() doesn't know about RFC4193 addresses

Simon Arlott writes:
> But ULA's scope isn't global, shouldn't it be IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_ORGLOCAL ?

Isn't ORGLOCAL defined for multicast only?

rfc4193 section 3.3 says:

> 3.3. Scope Definition
>    By default, the scope of these addresses is global.  That is, they
>    are not limited by ambiguity like the site-local addresses defined in
>    [ADDARCH]. 


-- 
Dave Johnson
Starent Networks

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