Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:18:52 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix typo in net/ipv6/Kconfig | From | David Miller <> |
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From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:58:49 +0100 (BST)
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Michael Beasley wrote: > > > diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig > > index eb0b808..56b4d86 100644 > > --- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig > > +++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig > > @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ config IPV6_SIT > > Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within > > another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the > > encapsulating protocol. This driver implements encapsulation of IPv6 > > - into IPv4 packets. This is useful if you want to connect two IPv6 > > + into IPv4 packets. This is useful if you want to connect to IPv6 > > networks over an IPv4-only path. > > > > Saying M here will produce a module called sit.ko. If unsure, say Y. > > > > Two is used in the wrong context here, as you are connecting to an IPv6 network > > over IPv4; not connecting two IPv6 networks to an IPv4 one. > > NAK. The text correctly describes the scenario. You have two IPv6 > networks, between which you set up a SIT tunnel which transmits data > between the two networks encapsulated in IPv4 packets. If you find the > text not self-explanatory, then perhaps the sentence could be rewritten as > follows: > > "This is useful if you want to connect two IPv6 networks to each other > over an IPv4-only path."
This patch is already in Linus's tree, someone send me a revert if they want it changed back.
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