From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Fri Jun 10 02:54:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62001AEED0B for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david_a_bright@dell.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB1916DA for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david_a_bright@dell.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 4B90FAEED0A; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:58 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48F1CAEED09 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david_a_bright@dell.com) Received: from aussmtpmrkpc120.us.dell.com (aussmtpmrkpc120.us.dell.com [143.166.82.159]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "ausxipmktps31.us.dell.com", Issuer "Verizon Public SureServer CA G14-SHA1" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F345416D8; Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david_a_bright@dell.com) X-Loopcount0: from 76.164.8.179 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.26,448,1459832400"; d="scan'208";a="407641398" From: David Bright To: Hiroki Sato CC: "net@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: DHCPv6 Support in FreeBSD Base Thread-Topic: DHCPv6 Support in FreeBSD Base Thread-Index: AQHRwpPdKYzUv7bVe0CH0Y50DySuU5/iBYkAgABQAgA= Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:54 +0000 Message-ID: References: <6224EC83-3A81-4CE7-83C5-674628F38958@DELL.com> <20160610.070822.525071082322626267.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20160610.070822.525071082322626267.hrs@allbsd.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.156.108.251] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <227128A1F126314985B108B8B250F522@compellent.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 02:54:58 -0000 On Jun 9, 2016, at 18:08, Hiroki Sato wrote: >=20 > I am concerned that by > replacing it completely we might be going to lose accumulated > improvements in our code though I do not have a complete list of them > nor closely look into the current ISC's code. If no one investigated > it, it need to be done. A fair point. > Is it difficult for us to think two clients for IPv4 and IPv6 > respectively? Importing a DHCPv6-only client looks much easier even > if we use ISC's code. I thought of that. It certainly would be possible, although it would mean t= wo clients providing essentially duplicate functionality, thereby leading t= o some bloat in the system image size. --=20 David A. Bright Storage Development Principal Engineer Dell | Compellent office +1 952 392 5861 Cube J-731, 7615 Smetana Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 David_A_Bright@DELL.com