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Sorry, please ignore the bogus patches in response to this email. I
was in the wrong directory when using git-send-email with *.patch :(
Real patches in next post in a second.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Julius Volz <juliusv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Horms,
>
> Here comes the whole batch again! I've fixed almost all style issues
> reported by checkpatch.pl, except for some little things which look like
> they could stay like they are for now (down to 3 warnings and 2 errors).
> I also integrated your other comments and removed the patch that
> adds the changelog information (not needed anymore, according to
> Stephen).
>
> These patches are based lvs-2.6:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/lvs-2.6.git
>
> - Full kernel patch in one file:
> http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~volz/ipvs_ipv6/ipvs_ipv6_v3.patch
>
> While not all IPv6 features are working or tested, existing IPv4 features
> should still work as before. However, to use any of the new features, you
> will need a new ipvsadm with support for genetlink and IPv6:
>
> http://sixpak.org/vince/google/ipvsadm/
> (by Vince Busam)
>
> To enable IPv6 support in IPVS, set CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6=y.
>
> Short overview:
>
> What works with IPv6:
> - forwarding mechanisms: NAT, DR, maybe Tunnel (not fully tested yet)
> - protocols: TCP, UDP, ESP, AH (last two not tested)
> - manipulation and inspection of both IPv4 and IPv6 entries with ipvsadm
> - 6 out of 10 schedulers
>
> What is not supported with IPv6:
> - handling fragmentation or other extension headers
> - FTP application helper (can be loaded, but only operates on v4)
> - sync daemon (can be started, but only operates on v4)
> - probably some incorrect handling of ICMPv6 or other corner cases
>
> Since fragmentation and extension headers should not occur very often,
> things should "mostly" work. I tested HTTP and DNS over NAT and DR
> with various supported schedulers without encountering any problems.
> But we didn't test any exotic situations. Also, there are some TODOs
> in the code for things that haven't been tested or implemented yet.
>
> Thanks for any comments!
>
> Julius
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