Linux operating system kernel versions

[Herman Strom]

Hi! Alexis,

I sent this message to <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu> I don't know why
didn't pick it up. Here it is again for you.

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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:25:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Herman Strom <hermans@touro.edu>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Hi! and IPv6 module situation.

Hi! Everyone,

Thanks to those of you who replied to help me to sign up onto this
list. My name is Herman Strom. I work for Touro College located the
heart of New York City. I have checked some of the topic you discuss
here. They are pretty impressive.

I work on a project involving IPv6 and its Linux implementation. I run
it on DELL Pentium 100 system with IBM Token-Ring network adapter. I
have Slackware 6.3-beta running on my box with kernel version 2.2.12
and glibc-2.1.1.

I am not exactly sure how to detect bugs but this might be it. From
all the documentation that I have read on IPv6, it seems like as IPv6
is self-configured. And particularly, from all Linux+IPv6 documents
that I have read, I gather that as soon as IPv6 module loads, it must
self-configure 'lo' device as 'inet6 addr: 0::1/128 Scope:Host' and
any other network device with a link-local use address (on FE80::0/10
the link-local use network).

In actuality, though when I load IPv6 module with 'insmod ipv6'
command, and run 'lsmod' command, it concerns me when I see (-1) in
the 'Used' column. 'lo' gets self-configured when I do 'ifconfig sit0
up'. However 'tr0' never gets self-configured. Later when I want to
unload 'ipv6' module, having de-ifconfig all of the IPv6 interfaces, I
find that the module is still busy.

It might be a buggy interaction between 'ibmtr' and 'ipv6' modules or
maybe something else. Please Comment if you can.

Thanks alot.
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Yes, my friend submitted it but it didn't get through for some reason.
maybe you would have better luck.

By the way where are you from in Russia. I am from russia too but now
I live ii USA.

Thanks.

Have a great day.

bye,

Herm

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 19:19:52 +0300 (MSK)
From: kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
To: Herman Strom <hermans@touro.edu>
Cc: 6bone@ISI.EDU, rzm@icm.edu.pl, hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
Subject: Re: Linux operating system kernel versions

Hello!

> glibc-2.1.1. Unfortunately, IPv6 Support in 2.2.x kernel has at least
> two bugs: usage counter and local-link autoconfig don't work.

Please, explain.


> again, the patch is old for Linux-2.1.131. And my finnish friend
> doesn't have time to rewrite it.

Did your friend have time to submit the patch to maintainers?
If he does not, please, send it yourself in reply to this mail.

Alexey Kuznetsov