gif interface not passing IPv6 packets

[Li, Qing]

Hi,

Please download the newer patch from

	http://people.freebsd.org/~qingli/in6.c.diff

This patch ought to fix both problems.

--Qing


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-net at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> net at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Li, Qing
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 8:23 AM
> To: Matt Smith
> Cc: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: gif interface not passing IPv6 packets
> 
> I believe there is actually another bug needs fixing. Let me confirm
> and will provide
> another patch later.
> 
> --Qing
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Matt Smith [matt at xtaz.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 3:33 AM
> To: Li, Qing
> Cc: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: gif interface not passing IPv6 packets
> 
> On 4 October 2011 10:48, Matt Smith <matt at xtaz.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have just applied the patch, recompiled the kernel, and rebooted
> > with my original configuration in rc.conf and all interfaces have
> come
> > up as expected now. The routes are there, I can ping everything, and
> I
> > can connect to everything as expected.
> 
> Actually saying that. I've found a problem meaning some of my software
> is broken now.
> 
> Just noticed that lo0 doesn't have a ::1 address:
> 
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
>         options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> 
> If I try and add one I get this:
> 
> root at tao[~]# ifconfig lo0 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
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