Re: ipv4 and ipv6 stacks for new link layers?

David Miller wrote:

From: Markku Savela <redacted>

quoted

I think that is worse than allow a new driver to provide a simple
service function which maps IPv4/6 multicast address into link layer
address, when asked.

The problem is that this mapping isn't so simple for several
link layer types.

But this mapping seems to be just a simple de-coupling tool, and any 
de-coupling by definition does/should not change the underlying 
implementation in any way, while allowing for a dynamic rather than a 
fixed/hardcoded relation between the layers.

So, can you give an example of a link-layer that does not easily de-couple 
from the transport?


Thanks!

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Al