On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:30:53PM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote: > >> # ip r a 2001:db8:1:14::/64 via 2001:db8:1:1::14 > >> # route -6 add 2001:db8:1:15::/64 gw 2001:db8:1:1::15 > > > > This command uses the old ioctl(SIOCADDRT) API which in turn generates > > > >> none 2001:db8:1:15::/64 via 2001:db8:1:1::15 dev ve0 metric 1 pref medium > > > > with rtm_type == RTN_UNKNOWN (0), which is obviously wrong. > > Looks like the kernel ioctl handler will copy the type if userspace sets > it: > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/ipv6/route.c#n4271 > > but 'route' doesn't set it: > > https://sourceforge.net/p/net-tools/code/ci/master/tree/lib/inet6_sr.c
Hi Thanks, i am wondering if that is a change in kernel, route command, or just nobody noticed it before. -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Ondrej 'Santiago' Zajicek (email: santi...@crfreenet.org) OpenPGP encrypted e-mails preferred (KeyID 0x11DEADC3, wwwkeys.pgp.net) "To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so."
