>this is with reference to the free BSD networking code for ipv6.
>Could any body tell why in link local addresses & other link local related things
>they are storing if_index in the second 16bits of the address. for eg there will be
>statement like
>ia->ia_addr.sa_addr.sin_add16[1] = ifp->if_index.
>Please tell me its significance & how it is useful & why u have chosen to use as such.
http://orange.kame.net/dev/cvsweb.cgi/kame/IMPLEMENTATION
(see section 1.3)
itojun
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