[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: ipv6: don't generate link local address on PUREIP device

[rocco.yue]

On Mon, 2021-02-22 at 18:45 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:03:11 +0800 rocco.yue wrote:
> > On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 14:06 +0800, rocco.yue wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 19:07 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:  
> > > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:58:09 +0800 Rocco Yue wrote:  
> >  [...]  
> > > > 
> > > > There is no ccmni driver in the tree - is this for non-upstream
> > > > driver?  
> > > 
> > > ccmni is the name of MediaTek mobile interface, currently, it is
> > > non-upstream driver and we plan to upstream these driver codes this
> > > year.
> > > 
> > > Honestly, the reason why upstreamed this patch is not only that it can
> > > be used by ccmni, but also I observed that the current Linux kernel does
> > > not generate ipv6 link-local address only when addr_gen_mode ==
> > > IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_NONE. We hope kernel can add a device type so that no
> > > ipv6 link-local address can be generated in any addr_gen_mode.  
> > 
> > gentle ping for this patch set.
> 
> We don't merge patches without upstream users.

Hi Jakub,

Thanks for your reply.
We will prepare and upstream MediaTek mobile device code asap.

Best Regards,
Rocco