Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Fix Prefix Length of Link-local Addresses

Yuji Sekiya (sekiya@sfc.wide.ad.jp)
Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:00:34 +0900


At Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:45:04 -0700 (PDT),
** David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> wrote:

> The reason we change the prefix length from /10 to /64 is
> following spec and adapting other imprementations.
>
> I think Derek's explanation shows that the specification
> allows the /10 behavior.

Hmm... we interpret the spec as /64 prefix.

> Also, I suspect that since Derek works for Cisco, some "other
> implementations" behave how he describes. :-)

I have cisco box which installed IPv6 IOS.
But it defines no prefix length at an interface,

FastEthernet4/1 is up, line protocol is up
IPv6 is enabled, link-local address is FE80::201:64FF:FEA3:ED55

and outgoing interface of routing table is NULL ? :-)

L FE80::/10 [0/0]
via ::, Null0, 7w0d

-- Yuji Sekiya
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