On Mar 29, 2010, at 17:10, 6lowpan issue tracker wrote:

> (0000:0000:0001:xxxx), where xxxx is the short address.

I didn't quite understand from the Discussion in Anaheim what is better about

::1:xxxx

than

::ff:fe00:xxxx

If we can stick to the latter, we don't really have to change 4944.

In favor of preparing a lasting fix for 4944, I would make the following change 
to -06:

> The reconstituted address is built from the 16-bit address xxxx by 
> 
> 1) computing the address:
> 
> ::ff:fe00:xxxx
> 
> 2) replacing the bits in this address by the bits actually given by the 
> prefix in the context.
> 
> In other words, the prefix in the context overrides the address generated by 
> step 1.
> For example, if 64-bit prefix pppp:pppp:pppp:pppp is given, the result is:
> 
> pppp:pppp:pppp:pppp::ff:fe00:xxxx
> 
> while if a 112-bit prefix nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn is given, the 
> result is:
> 
> nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:xxxx

Gruesse, Carsten

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