Re: Problem with gif and IPv6 in -CURRENT

From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:33:52 -0500
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Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
>>> what you should do here instead is:
>>> ifconfig gif0 inet6 3FFE:604::2/126
>>
>> Every time I try a prefixlen larger than 128, I get:
>>
>> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument
> 
> ok, that's on HEAD? I have just tried it on 6.2-PRE and some days old
> HEAD and it worked on both.
> 
> Can you tell us which exact version you have; how gif0 looks before
> and the exact commdn you are using?
> 

Well apparently, I lied.  While I do get that error if I try it on an
already-configured gif interface, trying a clean gif interface allows me
to establish the tunnel, and configure a /126 prefix on the interface.
Thanks for the help.

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome_at_FreeBSD.org
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