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Re: 2.6.11 kernel, PPC, and IPv6

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Subject: Re: 2.6.11 kernel, PPC, and IPv6
From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 02:14:41 +0900 (JST)
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In article <19EE6EC66973A5408FBE4CB7772F6F0A0289942D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at 
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:27:31 -0400), "Bellino, Phil" <pbellino@xxxxxxx> says:

> > Is there anyone out there who is using(or attempting to use) IPv6 with
> > PowerPC  and a 2.6.11 kernel with whom I could email directly with some
> > specific questions?
> > 
> > One of my questions is at boot time, my eth0 device does not have it's
> > link-local address.  I must issue an "ifconfig eth0 down" and then an
> > "ifconfig eth0 up" to get this work work.
> > 
> > Also, it does not auto-configure the info for a link-global prefix/address
> > that is provided by the router announcements.

2.6.12-rcs seem to work fine on my x86 and ultrasparc at least.
I'm trying to build on my ppc as well.

--yoshfuji

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