It seems the discussion has died. How is this to move forward?
I'm not sure who is responsible for this part of the kernel.
There are a few options:
1. Broadcast ARP by checking the IP range in kernel (current patch)
2. Broadcast ARP if the "scope" parameter is "link"
3. Broadcast ARP if a new (to
jamal wrote:
> I am assuming you have some form of configuration, no? You should only
> configure an IP address to be link local if you really mean it to be
> so.
Typically, there is no user-configuration.
The 169.254.0.0./16 and FE80::0/8 IP ranges are used for so-called zero
configuration net
iate from Internet standards, and would advise against using them
both (please refer to the complexity arguments as put forward in
"Robustness and the Internet" by Walter Willinger and John Doyle, or
simply RFC 1958 and RFC 3439). (*)
With regards,
Freek Dijkstra
(*) Note: using this
