From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13603 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2013 18:19:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Received: (qmail 13569 invoked by uid 89); 20 Jun 2013 18:19:40 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from plane.gmane.org (HELO plane.gmane.org) (80.91.229.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:19:39 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UpjSF-0003Dp-2a for ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:19:31 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:19:31 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:19:31 +0200 To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org From: Grant Edwards Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:19:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Subject: [ECOS] Re: IPv6 fails when IPv4 not configured X-SW-Source: 2013-06/txt/msg00021.txt.bz2 On 2013-06-19, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2013-06-18, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> How do I get the network stack to create and configure an IPv6 >> link-local address for the interface? It seems that configuring the >> interface with a static IPv6 address does that as a "side effect". How >> do I get that to happen without configuring a static IPv6 address? > > No ideas on how to get the link local address initialized in IPv6? I found a work-around: I added an address of ff01::1 to the interace with a lifetime of 1 second. That seems to be enough to get the link-local address assigned and the link local routes added. You shouldn't have to do that... > Any ideas on how to add an IPv6 route so I can try adding the ff02:: > multicast route manually? > > Is there any documentation for the eCos IPv6 APIs? Apparently, no. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Your CHEEKS sit like at twin NECTARINES above gmail.com a MOUTH that knows no BOUNDS -- -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss