Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Issues during assigning addresses on point to point interfaces | From | Nicolas Dichtel <> | Date | Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:32:08 +0200 |
| |
Le 25/06/2021 à 17:27, Pali Rohár a écrit : [snip] >>> Hello Nicolas! >>> >>> See my original email where I put also rtnetlink packets (how strace see >>> them). Seems that there is a bug in handling them (or bug in iproute2) >>> as setting just peer (remote) IPv6 address is ignored: >>> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20210606151008.7dwx5ukrlvxt4t3k@pali/ >>> >>> Do you have any idea if this is affected by that "issue in the uAPI"? >>> And what is the way how to fix it? >> What about forcing IFA_LOCAL address to :: in your case? > > It does not work. ip address returns error: > > $ sudo ip address add :: peer fe80::8 dev ppp0 > RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address So this trick could probably be used to handle your case, without breaking anything, as it's not a valid command today.
Regards, Nicolas
| |