Hi, Mathieu Othacehe <[email protected]> skribis:
> Since the guile-netlink switch the static IP interfaces no longer have > multicast support. This can be confirmed this way: [...] > I think that we could maybe apply the following patch, even though I > didn't test it. > > diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm > index 5f93483dda..af3fe015b9 100644 > --- a/gnu/services/base.scm > +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm > @@ -2546,6 +2546,7 @@ (define network-set-up/linux > #$(network-address-ipv6? > address)) > ;; FIXME: loopback? > (link-set #$(network-address-device > address) > + #:multicast-on #t > #:up #t))) Is it #:multicast-on or #:allmulticast-on ? Anyhow, I suggest adding a ‘multicast?’ field to <network-address>, with #t as its default value, and honoring this. (Someone told me they’d like to set the MTU, so we may need an ‘mtu’ field as well eventually.) Thanks! Ludo’.
