netdev - Re: [PATCH linux-2.6 v2] IPv6: Temp addresses are immediately deleted.

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gwurster@....carleton.ca
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net, shemminger@...tta.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-2.6 v2] IPv6: Temp addresses are immediately
 deleted.

From: Glenn Wurster <gwurster@....carleton.ca>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:42:17 -0400

> No, the first patch was to create a temporary address if none exists.  Like 
> Brian Haley pointed out, that patch accommodates the case where we set 
> use_tempaddr to a non-zero value after the interface had been brought up.
> 
> This patch accommodates the case where the router is only broadcasting 
> advertisements every x seconds, and yet the user has set the valid_lft to be 
> something less than x.

Ok, thanks for your patience.

I've applied both of your patches, thanks.
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