netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14427] New: ipv6 forward cause strange route

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Message-ID: <4AF011A6.1070903@linux-ipv6.org>
Date:	Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:02 +0900
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, green@....ru
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, Pekka Savola <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14427] New: ipv6 forward cause strange route

I wrote:
> This is not a bug but a feature of IPv6 called "subnet anycast
> address."  The address is automatically assigned on routers.
> 
> References:
> RFC 2526: Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
> RFC 3627: Use of /127 Prefix Length Between Routers Considered Harmful

I should say "Subnet-router anycast address" and
RFC3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing
Architecture".

Sorry for confusion.

--yoshfuji
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