netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: do not set "u" bit for temporary addresses

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Message-Id: <20140213.182201.1286350698724437652.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:22:01 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	florent.fourcot@...t-bretagne.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: do not set "u" bit for temporary
 addresses

From: Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...t-bretagne.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:08:06 +0100

> The bit 6 of interface identifier was before the "universal/local bit",
> indicating local significance only. This rule is now obsoleted by the
> RFC 7136, removing all significance of bits in interface identifier.
> 
> The new rule is "In all cases, the bits in an IID have no generic
> semantics; in other words, they have opaque values.", so we can remove
> the setting of bit 6, it will improve the entropy of random addresses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...t-bretagne.fr>

I'm hesistent to apply this given the feedback you've been given.
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