Re: [PATCH] ipv6: allow bypassing cross-intf routing limits

2016-04-18 Thread Michal Kazior
On 17 April 2016 at 00:49, David Miller wrote: > From: Michal Kazior > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:46:28 +0200 > >> There are some use-cases to allow link-local >> routing for bridging purposes. >> >> One of these is allowing transparent 802.11 >> bridging. Due to 802.11 framing limitations many >>

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: allow bypassing cross-intf routing limits

2016-04-16 Thread David Miller
From: Michal Kazior Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:46:28 +0200 > There are some use-cases to allow link-local > routing for bridging purposes. > > One of these is allowing transparent 802.11 > bridging. Due to 802.11 framing limitations many > Access Points make it impossible to create bridges > on C

[PATCH] ipv6: allow bypassing cross-intf routing limits

2016-04-14 Thread Michal Kazior
There are some use-cases to allow link-local routing for bridging purposes. One of these is allowing transparent 802.11 bridging. Due to 802.11 framing limitations many Access Points make it impossible to create bridges on Client endpoints because they can't maintain Destination/Source/Transmitter