netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add support of peer address

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Message-ID: <517F816C.8080405@6wind.com>
Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:31:40 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add support of peer address

Le 29/04/2013 22:44, Nicolas Dichtel a écrit :
> This patch adds the support of peer address for IPv6. For example, it is
> possible to specify the remote end of a 6inY tunnel.
> This was already possible in IPv4:
>   ip addr add ip1 peer ip2 dev dev1
>
> The peer address is specified with IFA_ADDRESS and the local address with
> IFA_LOCAL (like explained in include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h).
> Note that the API is not changed, because before this patch, it was not
> possible to specify two different addresses in IFA_LOCAL and IFA_REMOTE.
> There is a small change for the dump: if the peer is different from ::,
> IFA_ADDRESS will contain the peer address instead of the local address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Please, drop this patch. I must rework it.
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