Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751756AbXAPWpU (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:45:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751683AbXAPWpT (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:45:19 -0500 Received: from gherkin.frus.com ([192.158.254.49]:2479 "EHLO gherkin.frus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751748AbXAPWpS (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:45:18 -0500 Subject: Re: IPv6 router advertisement broken on 2.6.20-rc5 In-Reply-To: <45AD46DD.7050408@aurel32.net> "from Aurelien Jarno at Jan 16, 2007 10:42:53 pm" To: Aurelien Jarno Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:45:17 -0600 (CST) CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL82 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <20070116224517.480B4DBA1@gherkin.frus.com> From: rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob Tracy) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1251 Lines: 26 Aurelien Jarno wrote: > I have just tried a 2.6.20-rc5 kernel (I previously used a 2.6.19 one), > and I have noticed that the IPv6 router advertisement functionality is > broken. The interface is not attributed an IPv6 address anymore, despite > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/ra_accept being set to 1 (also true for each > individual interface configuration). > > Using tcpdump, I am seeing the router advertisement messages arriving on > the interface, but they seems to be ignored. ACK as far as seeing the same thing. Another symptom: ping6 to the link-local all-nodes address (ff02::1) is similarly broken. tcpdump shows the packets on the wire, but there's no response. The most recent kernel from kernel.org where IPv6 seems to be behaving properly is 2.6.20-rc3. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org rct@frus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/