From: David Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:30:05 -0700
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/22/2007 06:17:46 PM: > > > On 23/06/07 02:04, David Stevens wrote: > > > Why not make the application that writes resolv.conf > > > also listen on a raw ICMPv6 socket? I don't believe you'd need > > > any kernel changes, then, and it seems pretty simple and > > > straightforward. > > > > Because then it requires yet another network daemon, RA in > > the kernel means there's no need for one to manage adding > > auto-configured IP addresses... what's wrong with doing the > > same for DNS? > > It's not yet another one, since you have to run something > to get it in resolv.conf, anyway. That seems much better to me > than having the kernel track data that can only be used at the > application layer. The app itself looks like it'd be really simple. > Auto-configured addresses are used by the kernel. It has to > have those addresses. But the kernel doesn't do DNS look-ups, or > write resolv.conf; that's the difference, for me. I totally agree with David, this stuff definitely does not belong in the kernel. - 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
