Roland Dreier wrote: > > 1) what is the exact reason that ib0 is running here, is it as of this > > "magic" configuration of the IPv6 addr that caused it to join to > > the IPv4 and IPv6 broascast groups? > > No, ipv6 autoconf has nothing to do with it. I think it's because you > did ifconfig ib0 up, which called ipoib_open(), which calls > ipoib_ib_dev_up(), which joins the ipv4 broadcast group. > > Bringing the interface up the starts ipv6 autoconf but that is just a > side issue. You could build a kernel without ipv6 and see what happens.
I have verified your assumption to be correct, building the kernel without ipv6 support and doing ifconfig up ib0 i see that the port associated with ib0 joined the ipv4 broadcast group and ib0 is in "running" state. Or. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
