> > Nothing breaks (wrt normal LL address usage) if those 54 bits have non
> > zero
> > values.
> 
> Actually, you'll run in to some issues with any IPv6 stack based on
> Kame's implementation. Kame makes use of some of those bits to embed
> the scope id in some places while packets are handled in the kernel and
> in a few cases this may be used between the kernel/userspace boundary.
> Arguably, it's not the right thing for the stack to do, but it is done.

FYI, from what I can see, USAGI will work with fe80::/10.



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