Someone at work has been reading http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation :)
This change follows the rules in that draft which will become and RFC as soon as it finishes winding its way through the process, so I am supportive of the change you are proposing. Doug On 5/15/2010 11:22 PM, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Hello, > > The following patch seems appropriate to apply > to fix the kernel ip6_sprintf() function. > > What it is doing is ensuring that when we > abbreviate addresses that the longest string > of zeros is shortend, not the first run of > zeros. > > Our internal commit log is: > problem: > Unification of IPv6 address representation > fix: > recommended format of text representing an IPv6 address > is summarized as follows. > > 1. omit leading zeros > > 2. "::" used to their maximum extent whenever possible > > 3. "::" used where shortens address the most > > 4. "::" used in the former part in case of a tie breaker > > 5. do not shorten one 16 bit 0 field > > 6. use lower case > > Present code in ip6_sprintf() is following rules 1,2,5,6. > Adding fix for following other rules also.For following > rules 3 and 4, finding out the index where to replace zero's > with '::' and using that index. > References: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-text-addr-representation-04.html > > > Diff is attached in text format. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"