Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:31:36 +0100 From: Bruce Simpson <bms@fastmail.net> To: GuYong <guyong1978@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, bms@freebsd.org, rpaulo@felyko.com Subject: Re: Question about MLDv2 implemenation in Kernel Message-ID: <4FE33E58.5030106@fastmail.net> In-Reply-To: <SNT112-W46161169EB274ECD795A9EC5FD0@phx.gbl> References: <SNT112-W22EEF8BF50EB9EA8A845ADC5FE0@phx.gbl>, <36507982-766F-4AD3-96A3-6872B9F32793@felyko.com>, <4FE2E779.9040009@fastmail.net> <SNT112-W46161169EB274ECD795A9EC5FD0@phx.gbl>
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Hi, Regarding RFC 6636, I don't know anything about it. It wasn't published until last month, so MLDv2 in FreeBSD came 3 years before it. On 21/06/12 14:16, GuYong wrote: > > > My reading of it suggests that we are doing the right thing. We do > > > accept it and process it, but, like the text implies, we shouldn't > > > take any action. > > > > I concur. > > I don't agree, although general query is usually addressed to FF02::1, > but kernel should not care about the IP destination o f MLDv2 query, > and respond with report. I see this is how Linux does. > Good catch, RFC 3810 5.1.5 vs line 877: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/sys/netinet6/mld6.c?revision=233201&view=markup I'm not set up to do development for FreeBSD-CURRENT just now, as my $DAYJOB project is targeted at 8.x. But I will try to make time to spin HEAD up again, and commit a patch, if someone else is willing to write and test it... Bruce
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