Once receiving a router advertisement message, a netlink notification event will be created. This patch is against linux-2.6.1. Attachment: linux-2.6.1-ipv6mib8.patch Description: Text Data
This patch looks fine, except I can't see how RTM_GETRA is used anywhere. Even if it will be used by some future change, please remove it until that later change is made. So please either show where
This patch is going to be used by SNMP for ipv6RouterAdvert Table. I will remove this Micro, and resubmit the patch. Thanks Shirley Ma IBM Linux Technology Center 15300 SW Koll Parkway Beaverton, OR
This patch is conceptually wrong. I think you're misunderstanding the darft. ipv6RouterAdvertTable contains information used to create router advertisements on router. Not on host. Patch should be re
Thank Yoshfuji to point out. But the patch is still needed for the Router, so it should be put in ndisc_router_discovery() when it's determined as a router. Are you OK with that? Thanks Shirley Ma IB
Yes. radvd should provide all these information. But radvd doesn't support this right now. I talked to someone who is patching SNMP to support new IP MIBs, he said it's better to support this through
Yes, it does. One thing I want people to keep in mind in these discussions, while I understand the concerns being addressed and discussed, I think it would be somewhat rediculious for one to be requi
Yes, netlink is one option and is possibly a good candidate. I believe netlink supports user-user communication and rtadvd can use it to provide information to other entities. I do not think netlink
Once receiving a router advertisement message, a netlink notification event will be created. This patch is against linux-2.6.1. Attachment: linux-2.6.1-ipv6mib8.patch Description: Text Data
This patch looks fine, except I can't see how RTM_GETRA is used anywhere. Even if it will be used by some future change, please remove it until that later change is made. So please either show where
This patch is going to be used by SNMP for ipv6RouterAdvert Table. I will remove this Micro, and resubmit the patch. Thanks Shirley Ma IBM Linux Technology Center 15300 SW Koll Parkway Beaverton, OR
This patch is conceptually wrong. I think you're misunderstanding the darft. ipv6RouterAdvertTable contains information used to create router advertisements on router. Not on host. Patch should be re
Thank Yoshfuji to point out. But the patch is still needed for the Router, so it should be put in ndisc_router_discovery() when it's determined as a router. Are you OK with that? Thanks Shirley Ma IB