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Re: [PATCH] [IPV6] NDISC: ensure responding to NS without link-layer inf

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [IPV6] NDISC: ensure responding to NS without link-layer information.
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:14:28 -0700
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:59:21 +0900 (JST)
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When sending NA in response to NS, we may not know the 
> link-layer address for the destination of the NA 
> since unicast NS is not required to include its link-layer information.
> In this case, we first need to resolve the link-layer address.
> (RFC 2461 7.2.4)
> 
> We now create neighbour entry for the destination 
> and link-layer information will be automatically solved 
> in the output path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied, thank you.


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