Re: Dealing with fe80:xx:, when xx != ::

[itojun]

>While looking at the IPv6 code, I notice that I have two options in
>recognizing my link local address as my own:
> 1) only fe80::my-id
> 2) or fe80:x:my-id, where x can be anything.

        I guess you are looking at KAME code.  if so, please read through
        the following URL, section 1.3.  (1) is the legal one, (2) is
        used in KAME kernel internally and should never appear on wire
        nor userland API.

        http://www.kame.net/dev/cvsweb.cgi/kame/IMPLEMENTATION?rev=1.198

itojun
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