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Date:      Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:41:31 -0700
From:      "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>
To:        Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, bmah@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_bridge.c if_ethersubr.c src/sys/netinet6 in6_ifattach.c nd6.c nd6_nbr.c
Message-ID:  <1126107691.2239.3.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200509062111.j86LBxZa058494@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200509062111.j86LBxZa058494@repoman.freebsd.org>

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If memory serves me right, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> thompsa     2005-09-06 21:11:59 UTC
>=20
>   FreeBSD src repository
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     sys/net              if_bridge.c if_ethersubr.c=20
>     sys/netinet6         in6_ifattach.c nd6.c nd6_nbr.c=20
>   Log:
>   Add support for multicast to the bridge and allow inet6 addresses to be
>   assigned to the interface.
>  =20
>   IPv6 auto-configuration is disabled. An IPv6 link-local address has a
>   link-local scope within one link, the spec is unclear for the bridge ca=
se and
>   it may cause scope violation.
>  =20
>   An address can be assigned in the usual way;
>     ifconfig bridge0 inet6 xxxx:...
>  =20
>   Tested by:      bmah
>   Reviewed by:    ume (netinet6)
>   Approved by:    mlaier (mentor)
>   MFC after:      1 week

Many thanks!

Bruce.

PS.  Minor clarification on the commit message:  Technically one *could*
assign an IPv6 address to an if_bridge(4) interface before this change,
it just didn't do the right thing.  :-)


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