Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-08-06 Thread Segher Boessenkool
>> The network address is passed to OF as (part of) the device >> argument for the network device; and colons aren't legal >> characters in a device argument, > > yeah, pretty thoughtless of the IETF for not consulting the 1275WG. :) Heh. That's not an issue; it just means that OF implementations

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-08-01 Thread Doug Maxey
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:12:15 +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote: I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. Should I be submitting an RFC for a full parser that can pick that apart? O

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Segher Boessenkool
>>> I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick >>> investigation >>> showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. >>> >>> Should I be submitting an RFC for a full parser that can pick that >>> apart? Or does has someone have code lurking in the shadows, that >>> just n

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Doug Maxey
On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:03:12 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Doug Maxey writes: > > > I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation > > showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. > > > > Should I be submitting an RFC for a full parser that can pick that >

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Paul Mackerras
Doug Maxey writes: > I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation > showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. > > Should I be submitting an RFC for a full parser that can pick that > apart? Or does has someone have code lurking in the shadows, that >

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Doug Maxey
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:11:01 BST, Paul Nasrat wrote: >On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 14:21 -0500, Doug Maxey wrote: >> Howdy! >> >> I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation >> showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. > >We really just use OF for obp-tftp and

Re: ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Paul Nasrat
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 14:21 -0500, Doug Maxey wrote: > Howdy! > > I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation > showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. We really just use OF for obp-tftp and don't have our own ip stack, as there is no 1275 standard fo

ipv6 in yaboot

2007-07-31 Thread Doug Maxey
Howdy! I just got asked about ipv6 support in yaboot and a quick investigation showed _no_ knowledge of the address formats in the code. Should I be submitting an RFC for a full parser that can pick that apart? Or does has someone have code lurking in the shadows, that just needed some prompti