On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 09:52:57AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> > I'm currently trying to set IPv6 up on a Linux-based router. The > >> > aforementioned router runs kernel 2.6.8.1, and just about all the > >> > hardware driver modules are binary modules. For the record, I'd love > >> > to upgrade the router to one of the newer kernels, but AIUI I can't do > >> > it because I don't have the source to the bmods. But anyway... > How can you tell? The binary blobs may have a glitch, flaw, bug, that > makes them write more-or-less random values to random memory locations, > thereby inadvertently killing the functionality of other modules (such > as the ipv6 tunnel). > > If the bug happens without the blobs, _then_ one may start figuring out > what (non-binary) modules may cause interaction problems with the ipv6 > tunnel (or if it's the tunnel module itself). Then again, IPv6 in < 2.6.can't remember, but .8 is one of them _was_ pretty awful. I think it started being okish around .14 or .15?
If you feel like spending lots of time, you could try to shoehorn net/* from the latest rhel4/centos4 kernel (2.6.9-based) into your router, someone might have spent the effort fixing the relevant bugs in that tree (but maybe not, until the 4.5 kernel it used to spew Badness in dst_release at include/net/dst.h:149 every few seconds if your box was on a ipv6 network :D ) Personally, I'd get a new router without binary blobs, value of time spent doing the shoehorning > price of new router, I'm sure, but you may value your free time differently :) I do know sixxs ipv6 tunnels are rock solid with openwrt (2.4-based) ;) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
