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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:46:15 -0500
From: jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki /
吉藤英明
<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Cc: dshwatrz@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6][NEIGH] Updating affected neighbours when about
MAC address change
On Sun, 2007-23-12 at 21:38 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 wrote:
> In article <31436f4a0712230424n1cfaeb27o463e62093af41090@...l.gmail.com> (at Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:24:00 +0200), "David Shwatrz" <dshwatrz@...il.com> says:
>
> > Regarding your answer; I accept it and I will soon send a revised
> > version of this patch (making changes to
> > arp_netdev_event() and ndisc_netdev_event().)
> > I had IPv4 in mind, there is no reason that it will no be also in IPv6.
>
> You should iterate all of ifa_list (for IPv4) / addr_list (for IPv6).
> For IPv6, we also have anycast (maintained by ac_list) as well.
>
Hrm, how is this going to work for the case of multiple MACs on a
device?
Changing one MAC address doesnt equate to issuing a grat arp with _the
new MAC_ for all ifa (given each MAC may be map to a different ifa)
cheers,
jamal
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