https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214793 Bug ID: 214793 Summary: Missing mention of automatic ICMPv6 checksum calculation when using raw sockets Product: Documentation Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: Linux Status: NEW Severity: low Priority: P1 Component: man-pages Assignee: documentation_man-pages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reporter: xrucky01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Regression: No There is no mention of the fact that a socket of type AF_INET6 with protocol IPPROTO_ICMPV6 performs automatic calculation of the ICMPv6 checksum field when data is sent on the socket. This is distinct from how IPv4 ICMP sockets work. As the ipv6 man page says that "the IPv6 API aims to be mostly compatible with the IPv4 API. Only differences are described in this man page." I do believe that the mention of the different behaviour should appear at least somewhere in the man pages. Notably the ip and raw man pages. -- You may reply to this email to add a comment. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.
