> What, on an IPv6 host or router, cares about the g bit apart from the > code that uses an EUI-48 or EUI-64 to create an EID? What starts from > an EID and extracts from it an EUI-64/48 address, or in any other way > interprets the g flag in an EID? > > u and g are a recurring theme. Apart from the people who wrote RFC > 4291, who are under the delusion that the only link layer in the world > is an Ethernet, who actually cares?
they are a repeating pita and should be removed. my only hesitation is if ilnp has no viable alternative. though i am sufficiently unclear about ilnp's deployability to be uncomfortable retaining painful kink for it. Rey Hunter: > There are many different ways to assign IPv6 addresses, including > manual assignment, that can all run simultaneously on the same > interface/link and the same /64 prefix. New IDs are still being > generated on address assignment i am unsure this is a feature randy -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
