Am 28.08.19 um 19:26 schrieb Ben Pfaff: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:09:14PM +0200, Sven Gebauer wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to create a GRE tunnel with an IPv6 link-local address as the >> remote_ip. According to the changelog, this should be supported since >> v2.8.0. However... > > IPv6 link-local addresses are supported for use in contexts where OVS is > creating a socket, most notably for connections to controllers. In > other contexts, there's nowhere for OVS to put the scope, so it can't > support it. In this case, the kernel flow structure doesn't have a > scope in it, so there's nothing that userspace OVS can do about it. If > this feature were to be added, it would require adding the scope > (probably in multiple places) to that kernel flow structure, which would > probably be difficult for reasons of backward compatibility and > coordination with (and justification to) the kernel network stack > developers. >
Ah, i see. Thank you! _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
