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Date:      Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:33:52 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD current mailing list <current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Problem with gif and IPv6 in -CURRENT
Message-ID:  <4579B010.2050603@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061208175759.L91892@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
References:  <4578995B.4090305@FreeBSD.org> <m2ac1ybk4l.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <20061208144804.E91892@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> <1165598211.55760.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20061208175759.L91892@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>

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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@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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