[openib-general] [PATCH] Enable inet6 on ib interface

[Nitin Hande]

Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Tom> Would you really bring both interfaces up?  If this is a
>     Tom> problem, the spec should have the pkey be part of the link
>     Tom> local address.
> 
> It actually seems to work fine to bring up multiple IPv6 interfaces
> that end up with the same link local address (like ib0 and ib0.8001).
> The fact that Linux forces you to specify an interface when using a
> link local address comes to the rescue.  And I can't think of any
> issues, since different partitions are really pretty disjoint.
Btw on vlan, I know that vlan-id's are a part of link local addresses.
That way all the link local addresses are unique and as a result during
DAD process they join different solicited multicast groups.

Thanks
Nitin

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