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Re: IPv6 development plan ?

To: Seong Moon <seong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IPv6 development plan ?
From: bert hubert <ahu@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 10:22:05 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 06:10:23PM +0900, Seong Moon wrote:

> The usagi says that the their product has applied the kernel.org partially.
> Why does not the original kernel apply the entire usagi patch ?

Things take time. The kernel people have been accepting USAGI patches at a
steady rate.

DaveM and Alexey have been reworking routing quite a lot, USAGI does not
apply cleanly to that. 

> And I want to know the master plan of development of IPv6 including IPv6
> routing functions. Could I know the schedule or plan ?

"When the time is right".

> He said that 2.6.x kernel series will contain a true and up-to-date IPv6
> implementation.
> Approximately When can I use 2.6.x kernel ?

I use it now, but you may not want to do that for mission critical systems.

Regards,

bert


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