linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ipv6: don't generate link local address on PUREIP device

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Message-ID: <20210129190737.78834c9d@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:07:37 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Rocco Yue <rocco.yue@...iatek.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ipv6: don't generate link local
 address on PUREIP device

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:58:09 +0800 Rocco Yue wrote:
> PUREIP device such as ccmni does not need kernel to generate
> link-local address in any addr_gen_mode, generally, it shall
> use the IPv6 Interface Identifier, as provided by the GGSN,
> to create its IPv6 link-ocal Unicast Address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rocco Yue <rocco.yue@...iatek.com>

There is no ccmni driver in the tree - is this for non-upstream
driver?