Need help on IPv6 prefixes and interface addresses

[Hiroki Sato]

<Hartmut.Brandt at dlr.de> wrote
  in <E086A96846579E4F932C168218DB1E55024129 at exbe5.intra.dlr.de>:

Ha> To answer my own question :-) These strange link local addresses are
Ha> explained in the developers handbook section 8.1.1.3 and are called
Ha> embedded
Ha> link local addresses. These are not standard IPv6 addresses, but a way
Ha> to encode the interface index (aka zone index) into the IPv6
Ha> address. This must be undone by the user program before using these
Ha> addresses.

 I think "1.3.1 Kernel internal" in /usr/share/doc/IPv6/IMPLEMENTATION
 would also help.

-- Hiroki
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