[ofa-general] resolving ipv6 addresses - help needed

[Sean Hefty]

>I am trying to resolve IPv6 addresses (that is, obtaining the MAC
>address of the interface bearing the IP addresses). I am using
>rdma_resolve_ip() defined in core/addr.c but I don't get consistent
>results.
>I get something like this:
>
>fe80::202:c9ff:fe00:1341 dev eth1  FAILED
>
>where I would expect to get address to be rachable through eth2.
>
>If I run:
>ping6 -I eth2 fe80::202:c9ff:fe00:1341
>
>then I'd get the address resolved but after some time, when I attempt
>to resolve again, the operation fails.

I didn't quite follow this last sentence.  Are you saying that it only works
sometimes?  Only the first time?

What kernel version are you running?