Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:00:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:00:12 -0400 Received: from sex.inr.ac.ru ([193.233.7.165]:21208 "HELO sex.inr.ac.ru") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:00:11 -0400 From: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru Message-Id: <200210031604.UAA29978@sex.inr.ac.ru> Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.40 - remove IPV6_ADDRFORM To: davem@redhat.COM (David S. Miller) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:04:03 +0400 (MSD) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20021003.054332.22032944.davem@redhat.com> from "David S. Miller" at Oct 3, 2 05:15:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 780 Lines: 21 Hello! > Are we absolutely sure no applications use this? To my shame I have to recognize: my local inetd/sendmail/ftpd still use it, despite of all my many years snivels that it is mad-broken-crap-... :-) Though, nothing to shame of, actually. IPV6_ADDRFORM was mad, but IPv4 mapped addresses are mad^3. So, until IPV6_V6ONLY becomes usable, port spaces are shared and the only way to write sane dual-protocol code is IPV6_ADDRFORM. :-) This is not objection against removal. Let it happen simultaneously with IPV6_V6ONLY. Alexey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/