Re: [vpp-dev] IPv6 Link-local Address Questions

2019-06-13 Thread Jon Loeliger via Lists.Fd.Io
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:21 AM Ole Troan wrote: > Hi Jon, > > Thanks for bringing up my favorite topic! > Happy to step on those land mines! :-) Uh, is that "Duplicate but slightly wrong functions", "bit-byte-numbering issues", or "link-local addressing"? :-) > > I am happy to submit a

Re: [vpp-dev] IPv6 Link-local Address Questions

2019-06-13 Thread Ole Troan
Hi Jon, Thanks for bringing up my favorite topic! > I have stumbled across two functions that purport to construct a > link-local IPv6 address from a MAC address. A laudable goal, > but the details need some review. > > One function can be found in src/vnet/ip/ip6.h: > > always_inline void >

[vpp-dev] IPv6 Link-local Address Questions

2019-06-13 Thread Jon Loeliger via Lists.Fd.Io
Folks, I have stumbled across two functions that purport to construct a link-local IPv6 address from a MAC address. A laudable goal, but the details need some review. One function can be found in src/vnet/ip/ip6.h: always_inline void ip6_link_local_address_from_ethernet_mac_address