netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] ipv6: IPv6 over IEEE1394 (RFC3146) support.

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:44:15 +0100
From:	Stephan Gatzka <stephan.gatzka@...il.com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
CC:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] ipv6: IPv6 over IEEE1394 (RFC3146) support.

> How about putting EUI64, maxrec, sspd and fifo in dev->dev_addr?
> This enable us to send NDISC/ARP packet easily (based on neighbor
> cache entry), and driver can be notified for new neighbors (thus
> new peers).
Hm, that looks a bit strange to me, because we need that only for link 
layer option packets and not for every IPv6 packet transmitted via firewire.
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