netdev - Re: Add/Delete IPv6 addresses and netlink

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Message-ID: <20080617121821.GC20815@postel.suug.ch>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:18:21 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Add/Delete IPv6 addresses and netlink

* Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> 2008-06-16 18:33
> I am not sure whether I am just confused about how all of this is 
> supposed to work or not, but the
> following commands will leave the global address in tentative state:
> 
> ip link set eth1 down; ip -6 addr flush dev eth1;
> ip -6 addr add 2000::9:2/112 scope global dev eth1
> ip link set eth1 up
> # Wait 10+ seconds
> ip -6 addr show dev eth1
> 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000
>    inet6 2000::9:2/112 scope global tentative
>       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>    inet6 fe80::203:2dff:fe0c:d022/64 scope link
>       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Do you see a "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready"
message in the console when you up the device?
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