IPv6 Router Alert in Linux 2.2.x

[Daniel Elphick <de@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any chance that the definition for IPV6_TLV_ROUTERALERT, which
is misdefined in the 2.2 kernel yet fixed in 2.4.x, will also be fixed in
the 2.2 kernel?

A simple patch would be :

--- /usr/src/linux/include/linux/in6.h  Mon Aug  9 20:05:13 1999
+++ /home/de/in6.h      Thu Sep  7 16:40:55 2000
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
  */
 #define IPV6_TLV_PAD0          0
 #define IPV6_TLV_PADN          1
-#define IPV6_TLV_ROUTERALERT   20
+#define IPV6_TLV_ROUTERALERT   5
 #define IPV6_TLV_JUMBO         194
 
 /*


Cheers,
Dan