On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the only solution I see (apart from specifying netmask in DHCP reply, that is) > is to remember the prefixes (in kernel, as no userspace daemon like > NetworkManager should be required for network configuration) and give the user > a way to retrieve this information (like fBSD has, with "ndp -p"). DHCPv6 > client can then use this tool to get a prefix length for received address > before setting it (eg. in dhclient-script in case of ISC dhclient). While deploying IPv6 between some new VMs i noticed that this information is already available in the kernel. The routing-table should hold these prefixes flagged with RTF_ADDRCONF | RTF_PREFIX_RT. I didn't check if these flags will be exported to user-space but i think so. A dhcpv6-client should scan the routing-table for prefixes with these flags set and apply the specified prefix-length to the announced ip-address. There should also be an event fired if these prefixes will time out. hannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
