Public bug reported:
ipv6 seems to be broken on bridges in oneiric:
root@office:/home/markus# uname -a
Linux office 3.0.0-12-virtual #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 18:25:20 UTC 2011 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@office:/home/markus# brctl addbr test
root@office:/home/markus# ip -6 addr add 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2/64 dev test
root@office:/home/markus# ifconfig test up
root@office:/home/markus# ifconfig test
test Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr fa:12:c8:34:79:69
inet6 addr: 2001:db8:4309:2388::2/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
root@office:/home/markus# ping6 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2
PING 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2(2001:db8:4309:2388::2) 56 data bytes
^C
--- 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5999ms
root@office:/home/markus#
The address is correctly assigned to the interface, but it can't be
pinged.
This used to work in natty:
root@yavin:/home/markus# uname -a
Linux yavin 2.6.38-12-virtual #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 28 17:57:49 UTC 2011 i686
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
root@yavin:/home/markus# brctl addbr test
root@yavin:/home/markus# ip -6 addr add 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2/64 dev test
root@yavin:/home/markus# ifconfig test up
root@yavin:/home/markus# ifconfig test
test Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:38:75:60:be:f1
inet6 addr: fe80::838:75ff:fe60:bef1/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2001:db8:4309:2388::2/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:1446 (1.4 KB)
root@yavin:/home/markus# ping6 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2
PING 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2(2001:db8:4309:2388::2) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2001:db8:4309:2388::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.035 ms
64 bytes from 2001:db8:4309:2388::2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms
64 bytes from 2001:db8:4309:2388::2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.034 ms
^C
--- 2001:DB8:4309:2388::2 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.034/0.034/0.035/0.004 ms
root@yavin:/home/markus#
** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: ipv6
** Package changed: ubuntu => linux-meta (Ubuntu)
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ipv6 broken for bridge
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