Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-04 Thread sohny thomas
On Monday 03 February 2014 09:56 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: 4) make flush not remove the fe80::/64 address Least favourable to me. I guess this also woud need iproute change and seems most difficult to do. Why using this command 'ip -6 route flush proto static' isn't possible? Ok I trie

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-03 Thread Nicolas Dichtel
Le 03/02/2014 17:08, Hannes Frederic Sowa a écrit : Hello! On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 04:23:00PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: Le 03/02/2014 08:19, Sohny Thomas a écrit : Actually I am not so sure, there is no defined semantic of flush. I would be ok with all three solutions: leave it as is, al

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-03 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
Hello! On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 04:23:00PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: > Le 03/02/2014 08:19, Sohny Thomas a écrit : > > > >>Actually I am not so sure, there is no defined semantic of flush. I would > >>be ok with all three solutions: leave it as is, always add link-local > >>address (it does not

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-03 Thread Nicolas Dichtel
Le 03/02/2014 08:19, Sohny Thomas a écrit : Actually I am not so sure, there is no defined semantic of flush. I would be ok with all three solutions: leave it as is, always add link-local address (it does not matter if we don't have a link-local address on It matters. This address is required.

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-02 Thread Sohny Thomas
Actually I am not so sure, there is no defined semantic of flush. I would be ok with all three solutions: leave it as is, always add link-local address (it does not matter if we don't have a link-local address on that interface, as a global scoped one is just fine enough) or make flush not remov

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-02-02 Thread Sohny Thomas
On Wednesday 29 January 2014 04:08 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: Le 29/01/2014 07:41, Sohny Thomas a écrit : Resending this on netdev mailing list: Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When the route table for the interface is flu

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-30 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
Sorry for replying so late... On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:38:47AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: > Le 29/01/2014 07:41, Sohny Thomas a écrit : > >Resending this on netdev mailing list: > >Default route for link local address is configured automatically if > >NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. > >

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-29 Thread Nicolas Dichtel
Le 29/01/2014 07:41, Sohny Thomas a écrit : Resending this on netdev mailing list: Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address is added to the same device with out rem

[PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-28 Thread Sohny Thomas
Resending this on netdev mailing list: Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address is added to the same device with out removing linklocal addr, default route for li

Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-17 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
Hi! On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 02:04:26PM +0530, sohny thomas wrote: > Any updates on my reply, Any more info is required. > Can this be pulled into the kernel tree? Your patch was posted to the wrong mailing list. Please repost to net...@vger.kernel.org so

Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-17 Thread sohny thomas
Hi All, Any updates on my reply, Any more info is required. Can this be pulled into the kernel tree? Thanks & Regards, Sohny On Monday 13 January 2014 02:19 PM, sohny thomas wrote: On Friday 10 January 2014 10:46 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 05:33:08PM +0100, Nicol

Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-13 Thread sohny thomas
On Friday 10 January 2014 10:46 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 05:33:08PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: CC: netdev Le 10/01/2014 13:20, sohny thomas a écrit : Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When

Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-10 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 05:33:08PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: > CC: netdev > > Le 10/01/2014 13:20, sohny thomas a écrit : > >Default route for link local address is configured automatically if > >NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. > >When the route table for the interface is flushed and a n

Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-10 Thread Nicolas Dichtel
CC: netdev Le 10/01/2014 13:20, sohny thomas a écrit : Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address is added to the same device with out removing linklocal addr, defau

ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

2014-01-10 Thread sohny thomas
Default route for link local address is configured automatically if NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*. When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address is added to the same device with out removing linklocal addr, default route for link local address has to added by defaul