Hi Jon,
> Thanks for bringing up my favorite topic!
>
> Happy to step on those land mines! :-)
>
> Uh, is that "Duplicate but slightly wrong functions", "bit-byte-numbering
> issues",
> or "link-local addressing"? :-)
It was mostly the U/G bits and flavours of IPv6 interface-ids.
It feels like
On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 11:21 AM Ole Troan wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> Thanks for bringing up my favorite topic!
>
Happy to step on those land mines! :-)
Uh, is that "Duplicate but slightly wrong functions", "bit-byte-numbering
issues",
or "link-local addressing"? :-)
> > I am happy to submit a patc
Hi Jon,
Thanks for bringing up my favorite topic!
> I have stumbled across two functions that purport to construct a
> link-local IPv6 address from a MAC address. A laudable goal,
> but the details need some review.
>
> One function can be found in src/vnet/ip/ip6.h:
>
> always_inline void
>
Folks,
I have stumbled across two functions that purport to construct a
link-local IPv6 address from a MAC address. A laudable goal,
but the details need some review.
One function can be found in src/vnet/ip/ip6.h:
always_inline void
ip6_link_local_address_from_ethernet_mac_address (ip6_address