Re: 2.4.18+IPv6+IPV6_ADDRFORM

Steve G (linux_4ever@yahoo.com)
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 05:37:15 -0700 (PDT)


>IPV6_ADDRFORM is deprecated.
>I believe that it should be removed.

Shouldn't we correct it in 2.4 and drop it in 2.5 ?

If the above assumption is correct...

>1) should the level really be IPPROTO_IPV6?
>2) do other platforms use IPPROTO_IP to retrieve this
>option or said another way, is the behavior observed
>in Linux portable?
>3) should the returned value be 0 & 1 or AF_INET &
>AF_INET6?

>>Also, the Sus v3, states there is a socket option:
>>level IPPROTO_IPV6, option IPV6_V6ONLY.
>
>We, USAGI Project, have implementation for it,
>and we are about to contribute it here.

Great.

Thanks,
Steve Grubb

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