netdev - Re: [Patch] arp: fix a regression in arp

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Date:	Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:44:00 +0100
From:	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com, ja@....bg
Subject: Re: [Patch] arp: fix a regression in arp_solicit()

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 11:17 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
>> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:58:52 +0100
>>
>>> While at it you might enhance the label with "ipv4"?
>>
>> That's excessive.
>>
>> ARP is ipv4 and ipv4 only, in other protocols it has completely
>> different names.
>
> OK, I see (shorter subject is always good).
> I oriented myself at the original commit from Eric which was labeled the same.
> Just had a look at the git-history [1] myself...
>

Hmm, 'man arp' does not mention as IPv4-only.
So, Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) is the "IPv6 equivalent".
Just as a note to myself.

- Sedat -

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol
[2] https://kb.wisc.edu/ns/page.php?id=12364

> - Sedat -
>
> [1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git;a=history;f=net/ipv4/arp.c
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