(usagi-users 03148) Re: No CONFIG_IPV6_EN_DFLT option...

[Yuji Sekiya <sekiya@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:43:48 +0100 (MET),
"Tobias Hof" <Tobias.Hof@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

> Do you from which kernel version on this was integrated in the mainline
> kernel?

At least, 2.6.X kernel supports the feature.

> Actually, my problem is the following:
> I want to make MobileIPv6 with a little enhanced Mobile Node, so I want to
> use the kernel patch from mobile-ipv6.org (Universsity of Helsinki) which is
> designed for the standard 2.6.8.1 kernel. I'm interested in activating the
> forwarding on the MN with two interfaces and still use the default route
> learned by RAs except for one or several hard routes on the MN.
> So my question is if it is easy to implement the EN_DFLT behaviour or if I
> could patch a 2.6.8.1 USAGI snaphot with the MIPL patch. Or do you have
> another idea?

The EN_DFLT is not a feature you want. The feature is enabling IPv6 default
route which is inserted manually or by some routing daemons, not RA
when IPv6 forwarding is enable.

-- Yuji Sekiya