Re: [PATCH] [NET] Exporting of some IPv6 symbols for HIP and SHIM6 experimentation
From: Miika Komu <hidden>
Date: 2008-05-06 08:07:51
On Mon, 5 May 2008, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / µÈÆ£±ÑÌÀ wrote: Hi,
In article [ref] (at Mon, 5 May 2008 08:55:49 +0300 (EEST)), Miika Komu [off-list ref] says:quoted
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, David Miller wrote::quoted
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This is not how we do things. When the HIP implementation is submitted for inclusion, the module exports can be added, not before.I am sorry but this somewhat conflicts with your earlier statement: http://www.linux.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2005-03/msg01214.html We took an huge effort in our project to move the HIP implementation to the userland. I feel puzzled on how to continue. Please give some advice?Miika, where are your other patches on top of this? This kind of change might be okay, but it must be along with its users, at least.
we are maintaining a separate kernel module (GPLv2) for the HIP socket handler for experimentation purposes. If you want to have a look it, you can e.g. download the nightly tarball and have a look at the hipsock directory: http://infrahip.hiit.fi/hipl/hipl.tar.gz The kernel module is currently out of synch with the latest draft, so I need to update it. The purpose of the kernel module is to be a "wrapper" for IPv6 socket calls because HIP can use ORCHID IPv6 addresses. We would like to experiment with various socket options for HIP and SHIM6. Exporting the symbols would make HIPL developers and users life easier. Once we have a clear set of requirements for the kernel module, we can contribute the changes to the vanilla kernel. -- Miika Komu http://www.iki.fi/miika/