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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 17:00:18 +0100
From: Derek Fawcus <dfawcus@cisco.com>
To: "YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@?(B" <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Fix Prefix Length of Link-local Addresses
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On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:05:59AM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@?(B wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Prefix length for link-local address should be 64, not 10.
> This patch fixes prefix length of link-local address.
> 
> Following patch is against 2.4.19.

Huh?

Without reading the kernel routing table code a bit more,  I'm not certain
what that change does,  but it looks as if it might be changing the
connected route for a link local from fe80::/10 to fe80::/64.

I'd actually say that is wrong.

All link local's are currently supposed to have those top bits
('tween 10 and 64) zero'd,  however any address within the link local
prefix _is_ on link / connected and should go to the interface.

i.e. it's perfectly valid for me to assign a link local of fe80:1910::10
     to an interface and expect it to be work,  likewise for a packet
     destined to any link local address to trigger ND.

DF
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