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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:14:50 +0200
From:      Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
To:        "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@incunabulum.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Call for testers: NetBSD IGMPv2 merge
Message-ID:  <46A7850A.3070408@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <46A766E3.1080605@incunabulum.net>
References:  <46A766E3.1080605@incunabulum.net>

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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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