Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:09:16 +0200 From: John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>, Kip Macy <kip.macy@gmail.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, "gnn@freebsd.org" <gnn@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 breakage in recent changes - Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_syncache.c Message-ID: <20070319120916.GA66306@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <yge648xmtbt.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> References: <b1fa29170703170027m4277df8q8c8e9aba57642366@mail.gmail.com> <m2abyawtl1.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <b1fa29170703180700n7c48abffqab1049ab9cc28776@mail.gmail.com> <45FE4E72.8000306@freebsd.org> <yge648xmtbt.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 07:16:38PM +0900, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > Hi, > > >>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:48:50 +0100 > >>>>> Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> said: > > andre> I thought I had tested IPv6 as well but as it turns out I have > andre> changed /etc/hosts to use IPv4 first instead of IPv6 as is the > andre> default. We should think of doing this in -current for 7.0 as > andre> well. IPv6 is quite a bit slower than IPv4 still and everything > andre> that uses localhost is affected by it. > > Now, ip6addrctl_enable is on by default on 7-CURRENT. So, if > ipv6_enable is off (default), an IPv4 address should be returned 1st, > without regarding the order in /etc/hosts. Is it insufficient for > you? The lengths we will go to keep the users of legacy protocols happy. :-) I was at the point of suggesting we should get rid of the #if INET6's in our code and just keep all the ipv4 and ipv6 code under a single #if INET umbrella. :-) John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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