Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964877AbWAQXFq (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:05:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932497AbWAQXFq (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:05:46 -0500 Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:57001 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964877AbWAQXFp (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:05:45 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:05:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20060117.150528.108145661.davem@davemloft.net> To: galak@kernel.crashing.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joe@perches.com Subject: Re: NIP6_FMT "breaks" ifconfig From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <26F1D638-7A96-48C6-9191-74363C497820@kernel.crashing.org> References: <26F1D638-7A96-48C6-9191-74363C497820@kernel.crashing.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 4.2.53 on Emacs 21.4 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 15 From: Kumar Gala Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:35:01 -0600 > The use of NIP6_FMT from kernel.h in net/ipv6/addrconf.c changes how / > proc/net/if_inet6 format's IPv6 addresses and thus breaks ifconfig's > ability to display IPv6 addresses. I'm not sure if this is > acceptable breakage of a userspace app or not. I know, I have a fix from Yoshifuji in my tree and I'll make sure Linus gets it. - 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/