On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 03:55:31PM +0200, Julius Volz wrote: >> Hi Horms, >> >> Here comes the whole batch again! I've fixed almost all style issues >> reported by checkpatch.pl, except for some little things which look like >> they could stay like they are for now (down to 3 warnings and 2 errors). >> I also integrated your other comments and removed the patch that >> adds the changelog information (not needed anymore, according to >> Stephen). >> >> These patches are based on lvs-2.6: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/lvs-2.6.git >> >> - Full kernel patch in one file: >> http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~volz/ipvs_ipv6/ipvs_ipv6_v3.patch >> >> While not all IPv6 features are working or tested, existing IPv4 features >> should still work as before. However, to use any of the new features, you >> will need a new ipvsadm with support for genetlink and IPv6: >> >> http://sixpak.org/vince/google/ipvsadm/ >> (by Vince Busam) >> >> To enable IPv6 support in IPVS, set CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6=y. >> >> Short overview: >> >> What works with IPv6: >> - forwarding mechanisms: NAT, DR, maybe Tunnel (not fully tested yet) >> - protocols: TCP, UDP, ESP, AH (last two not tested) >> - manipulation and inspection of both IPv4 and IPv6 entries with ipvsadm >> - 6 out of 10 schedulers >> >> What is not supported with IPv6: >> - handling fragmentation or other extension headers >> - FTP application helper (can be loaded, but only operates on v4) >> - sync daemon (can be started, but only operates on v4) >> - probably some incorrect handling of ICMPv6 or other corner cases >> >> Since fragmentation and extension headers should not occur very often, >> things should "mostly" work. I tested HTTP and DNS over NAT and DR >> with various supported schedulers without encountering any problems. >> But we didn't test any exotic situations. Also, there are some TODOs >> in the code for things that haven't been tested or implemented yet. >> >> Thanks for any comments! > > Hi Julius, Hi Vince, > > I have applied all of these patches to the lvs-next-2.6 branch > of the lvs-2.6 tree and I will ask Dave to pull these into > net-next-2.6 shortly. Great, many thanks! Julius -- Julius Volz - Corporate Operations - SysOps Google Switzerland GmbH - Identification No.: CH-020.4.028.116-1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe lvs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
