Also note that production used Linux should be useful too via RedHat, Mandrake, etc. Also for IPv6 production note Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX has been shipping production quality IPv6 since 2000.
Separate that which is done via academic deliverable from product view. /jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mohacsi Janos > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 5:53 AM > To: Soininen Jonne (Nokia-NET/Helsinki) > Cc: ext Lawrence Hughes; [email protected] > Subject: RE: Trouble with 2.6.11 Linux > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Soininen Jonne (Nokia-NET/Helsinki) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I thought that USAGI was already included in the 2.6 kernel. Have I > > missed something? > > > > This is partially true. 2.6 kernel selecting various fixes from USAGI. > You should persuade 2.6 kernel developers to import more... > > Regards, > > > Janos Mohacsi > Network Engineer, Research Associate > NIIF/HUNGARNET, HUNGARY > Key 00F9AF98: 8645 1312 D249 471B DBAE 21A2 9F52 0D1F 00F9 AF98 > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jonne. > > > > On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 22:28, ext Lawrence Hughes wrote: > >> To the Linux folks having problems, please check out > >> www.linux-ipv6.org . This is home > >> of the USAGI project (part of WIDE project in Japan, > headed by Dr. Jun > >> Murai). Following > >> this is the description of USAGI from this site. > >> > >> Note that WIDE also does the KAME IPv6 stack, which is included by > >> default in *BSD. > >> It is the best and most complete IPv6 I have run across. > USAGI is an > >> attempt to provide > >> the same basic functionality for Linux, although they seem to run a > >> bit behind KAME. > >> > >> To those who don't speak Japanese, you may be interested > to learn that > >> Kame means > >> "turtle", and Usagi means "hare". I fyou know your Aesop, you will > >> understand why > >> the "turtle" is ahead in this race. ;-) The expansion of > USAGI as an > >> acronym is > >> clearly an after-the-fact rationalization, and would make it USAGIP > >> anyway. > >> > >> If it is an option for you, we have found by experience > that FreeBSD & > >> OpenBSD are > >> better and more complete for IPv6 work than Linux as is, > or even Linux > >> with USAGI > >> stack. Please no flames from Linux fans! The KAME stack is > recognized > >> worldwide > >> as the reference implementation of IPv6, and WIDE has done > an amazing > >> amount of > >> really quality work on it, and I am stating this as my > opinion, based > >> on research and > >> testing. > >> > >> If your Linux distro happens to already include the USAGI > stack, you > >> can ignore this > >> message. Any real Linux gurus out there - do you know of > any distros > >> that do include > >> USAGI by default? If not, any experience using the Linux > stack as is, > >> or the USAGI > >> stack? If it USAGI is not already included by default, > perhaps you can > >> encourage > >> your favorite distro to include it? > >> > >> Description from USAGI site follows: > >> > >> Currently we have an IPv6 implementation in Linux kernel > source tree. > >> Only enabling "Internet Protocol Version 6" option in the > Networking > >> section, we can enjoy IPv6 life. > >> > >> However, once you begin to use IPv6 on Linux box, you will soon be > >> aware that the implementation have some problems... Because an > >> existing Linux implementation is too old and not so well-tested, it > >> has many bugs and unimplemented functions. > >> > >> Then we decided to start USAGI Project(UniverSAl > playGround for Ipv6 > >> Project) with WIDE Project, KAME Project and TAHI Project. > The project > >> aim to improve IPv6 environment on Linux and deploy the > IPv6 Internet > >> on the world. We've started to hack the kernel, libraries and > >> applications aggressively and will provide our product freely for > >> Linux and IPv6 community. In the near future we would > contribute and > >> merge our code into the main trunks of Linux kernel and glibc. > >> > >> Because of the contribution for main trunks, we have a > policy that we > >> don't make and accept changes which depend on Linux distributions. > >> Instead the policy, we will provide binary packages for Linux > >> distributions on every stable release. Let's try out USAGI IPv6 > >> environment with us !! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Bellino, Phil > >> Sent: Wed 4/6/2005 12:33 AM > >> To: Users-IPv6; Users-Usagi; Users-Deepspace > >> Subject: Trouble with 2.6.11 Linux > >> > >> > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a 2.6.5 Linux running router radvd. > >> I also have 2.6.5 clients(and a 2.4.20 client) that accept > the router > >> advertisements from the router and acquire a Link-Global > address and > >> also autoconfigures their Link-Local address. > >> > >> Their configs: > >> ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra=1 > >> ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=1 > >> ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra=1 > >> > >> I have a 2.6.11 client host that does not accept any router > >> advertisements even though it's config is the same as > above. (I have > >> compared the "sysctl -a" output on both the 2.6.5 and > 2.6.11 and they > >> are identical). In fact the following is what occurs at boot time: > >> > >> 1. When I boot up this client, eth0 does not have the inet6 > >> Link-local address. > >> If I then issue: > >> ifconfig eth0 down > >> ifconfig eth0 up > >> > >> The inet6 Link-local address then appears. > >> > >> 2. My 2.6.11 host does not learn this prefix and as a > result there is > >> no Link-Global address. > >> > >> Has anyone experienced this issue. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Phil Bellino > >> > >> > >> ============================ > >> Phil Bellino > >> MRV Communications, Inc. > >> Boston Product Division > >> 295 Foster St. > >> Littleton,MA 01460 > >> Tel: (978)952-4807 > >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ============================ > > -- > > Jonne Soininen > > Nokia > > > > Tel: +358 40 527 46 34 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The IPv6 Users Mailing List > > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The IPv6 Users Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
