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Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:16:42 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: greearb@...delatech.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] ipv6: Allow accepting RA from local IP addresses. From: greearb@...delatech.com Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 14:44:53 -0700 > From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> > > This can be used in virtual networking applications, and > may have other uses as well. The option is disabled by > default. > > A specific use case is setting up virtual routers, bridges, and > hosts on a single OS without the use of network namespaces or > virtual machines. With proper use of ip rules, routing tables, > veth interface pairs and/or other virtual interfaces, > and applications that can bind to interfaces and/or IP addresses, > it is possibly to create one or more virtual routers with multiple > hosts attached. The host interfaces can act as IPv6 systems, > with radvd running on the ports in the virtual routers. With the > option provided in this patch enabled, those hosts can now properly > obtain IPv6 addresses from the radvd. > > Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> > --- > > v3: Update commit message to describe use case, remove helper method, > tweak kernel message upon failure to accept RA. Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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