netdev - Why does IPV6 link local address advertised as /64?

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Message-ID: <20081111204906.081d9d57@extreme>
Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:49:06 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Why does IPV6 link local address advertised as /64?

It seems to make more sense to have only the actual host (ie /128)
on the link-local address or is there some other purpose to
using a /64?
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