Call for testers: NetBSD IGMPv2 merge
Andre Oppermann
andre at freebsd.org
Wed Jul 25 17:14:52 UTC 2007
Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have mostly merged NetBSD's IGMPv2 implementation with a few refinements.
> This work is being funded by a secret santa. :-)
>
> This code is easier to read (and thus maintain), and fixes a minor
> memory leak in the IPv4 stack. It is also a jumping off point for the
> IGMPv3 work. KAME patch sets up to date have been against NetBSD, though
> I don't intend to use their patches directly.
>
> Patch against -CURRENT, URL:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~bms/dump/igmp-netbsd-sync.patch
>
> I have not merged the change which suppresses host membership reports
> for the link-local multicast scope space 224.0.0.0/8, my concern is that
> this breaks IGMP snooping switches on immediately attached layer 2
> networks, even though this range is not globally routable. (*)
>
> Testing and review much appreciated. If enough people are willing to
> soak test this code before 7.0 point release is branched then it might
> justify going in in time for 7.0.
Looks good. Not tested though.
--
Andre
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