Re: Networkd's IPv6 Compliance Issues

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 03:23:14 +0000
"Muggeridge, Matt" <matt.muggeridge2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Recently, we ran a test suite to check networkd's conformance to IPv6 Protocol (see https://www.ipv6ready.org/resources.html).  I found a large number of test failures (more than 80) and after examining a small number of them, it became clear that networkd's implementation of IPv6 protocol does not meet various RFC's MUST and SHOULD requirements.
> 
> With so many IPv6 protocol compliance failures, it's not practical for me to raise an issue for every failing case. Instead, I created a summary in https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/28502.
> 
> How would you like to handle these failing cases?
> 
> Is there any more information you need from me?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Matt.
> PS: Credit to the developers for quickly responding to a couple of the issues.
> 
>  

Why do you think these are systemd issues?
A quick look at the list shows most of these are from Linux kernel implementation