2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-19 Thread Pekka Savola
Hi, On kernel based on 2.6.20.3-rc1 (FC6), 'ip -6 r l' shows: default via fe80::212:f0ff:fe5f:c4ec dev eth1 proto kernel metric 1024 expires 7191sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 4294967295 (this is the same with iproute2-ss061214 and iproute2-ss070313.) So, it seems that the data length f

Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-19 Thread Patrick McHardy
Pekka Savola wrote: > On kernel based on 2.6.20.3-rc1 (FC6), 'ip -6 r l' shows: > > default via fe80::212:f0ff:fe5f:c4ec dev eth1 proto kernel metric > 1024 expires 7191sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 4294967295 > > (this is the same with iproute2-ss061214 and iproute2-ss070313.) > > So, it

Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-19 Thread Patrick McHardy
Patrick McHardy wrote: > Pekka Savola wrote: > >>On kernel based on 2.6.20.3-rc1 (FC6), 'ip -6 r l' shows: >> >>default via fe80::212:f0ff:fe5f:c4ec dev eth1 proto kernel metric >>1024 expires 7191sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 4294967295 >> >>(this is the same with iproute2-ss061214 and ipr

Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-19 Thread David Miller
From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:27:29 +0100 > Mhh actually this looks intentional: > > icmpv6_send and some other output functions do: > int hlimit; > ... > if (hlimit < 0) > hlimit = dst_metric(dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT); > if (h

Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-20 Thread Pekka Savola
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, David Miller wrote: From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:27:29 +0100 Mhh actually this looks intentional: icmpv6_send and some other output functions do: int hlimit; ... if (hlimit < 0) hlimit = dst_metric(dst,

Re: 2.6.20.3-rc1 / iproute2 hoplimit 2^32-1 vs 2^8-1

2007-03-20 Thread YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (at Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:27:51 +0200 (EET)), Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, David Miller wrote: > > From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:27:29 +0100 > > > >> Mhh actually this looks intentional: > >> >