On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:54:38 -0800 (PST) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:47:56 +1100 > > > Mitsuru Chinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On linux-2.6.21-rc2 or later, IPv6 link-local address is not assigned to > > > some kind of interfaces during system start-up. (I found this issue > > > occures with e100, e1000 and tg3.) > > > > Here is an alternative fix. > > > > [IPV6]: Do not set IF_READY if device is down > > > > Now that we add the IPv6 device at registration time we don't need > > to set IF_READY in ipv6_add_dev anymore because we will always get > > a NETDEV_UP event later on should the device ever become ready. > > > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Indeed, this looks like it will do the right thing. > > And if you look into the history of the code in this area > I think you'll find that this snippet being removed existed > exactly because inet6_dev creation happened long after the > device was registered. I understand. Thanks. And I thank Herbert to provide suitable fix. Best Regards, ---- Mitsuru Chinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
