Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754041AbYJZK0p (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:26:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752440AbYJZK0e (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:26:34 -0400 Received: from netcore.fi ([193.94.160.1]:54601 "EHLO netcore.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752325AbYJZK0d (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:26:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:26:27 +0200 (EET) From: Pekka Savola To: Todd Hayton cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Alejandro_Riveira_Fern=E1ndez?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IPv6 multicast forwarding In-Reply-To: <50a66e370810240606ncb3dcd6gc949b734b1dcf488@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <50a66e370810231511m10a10ca2oa870e9fbd55f4b0e@mail.gmail.com> <20081024111044.74c15155@varda> <50a66e370810240606ncb3dcd6gc949b734b1dcf488@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 17 On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Todd Hayton wrote: > Hey there, thanks for the response! I may be misinterpreting the RFC > but I thought ff15::1 was a site-local address. As in I break down > ff15::1 as follows - > > 0xff : identifies the address as multicast > 0x15 : 4-bits flags and 4-bits scope where > flags = 0x1 meaning that the T bit is set as this address is not a > permanently assigned address > scope = 0x5 indicating site-local scope You're right. The nibbles got switched in my head. Sorry for that. -- 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/