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Re: [PATCH] Networking: send-to-self [link to non-broken patch this time

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Networking: send-to-self [link to non-broken patch this time]
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:07:33 -0700
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Organization: Candela Technologies
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David S. Miller wrote:

It's hash lookup code, nearly identical to ipv4 version except
it's dealing with 128-bit IP addresses instead of 32-bit.

You give up way too easily, which leads me to belive you'll disappear
just as easily if complicated bugs stop popping up as a result of your
changes.

I'll maintain this patch for myself if no one else, so I will not go away. But, since I am new to this code, and do not have a test setup to test the ipv6 changes, I was hesitant. I can at the least patch it how I think it should be and test that ipv4 still works and it compiles. If you or someone else can do more profound testing on it, then that would be great.

   The #ifdefs were per request, I personally would like them not to be there
   either.  As far as I can tell, the changes are backwards compatible, so there
   should be no need for ifdefs.

I mean put the ifdefs in a header file such as tcp.h, not in the *.c
code.

Would you object to me just removing all of them and having the patch unconditionally compiled in?

I don't require you to test the ipv6 portions, I will be able to
eyeball them and know if they are right or not, this is how simple
the ipv6 version of the tcp bits will be.

Ok, I'll work up a patch with the ipv6 support and try to get that out sometime next week.

Thanks,
Ben


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