I disagree with the interpretation of M=0.
M has no impact on stateless autoconf. The existence of prefixes in the RA marked as "autoconf from this prefix" controls stateless autoconf. If M=0 and no prefixes are advertised as autoconf-able, the host has no assertion that DHCP is available and no prefixes to autoconf addresses from.
If M=1 and autoconf prefixes are available, the host does both DHCP and stateless autoconf.
- Ralph
At 01:18 PM 8/12/2004 -0700, Fred Templin wrote:
Stig Venaas wrote:
My thinking is:
M=0, O=0 stateless autoconf of addresses M=0, O=1 stateless autoconf of addresses + information-request M=1, O=0 stateful autoconf of addresses
It seems from these discussions that a more precise representation might be:
M=0, O=0 stateless autoconf of addresses M=0, O=1 stateless autoconf of addresses + information-request M=1, O=X stateful autoconf of addresses + information-request
where, X = "Don't-Care". Does this match up with the emerging consensus? Is there really nothing better to be done with the "O" bit when the "M" bit is set?
Thanks - Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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