On Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:45:34 +0300 Omar Ramadan wrote: > Yes. We currently use the existing IPv4 AMT relay and gateway > implementation in a multicast delivery network (TreeDN > <https://community.networking.hpe.com/blogs/lenny/2025/08/21/introduction-to-treedn>). > Gateways on access networks send IGMP/MLD membership state through an AMT > relay to reach downstream receivers. The IPv6 outer transport work is > motivated by gateways whose access networks are IPv6-only; the inner > multicast family remains independent of the outer transport.
Interesting, thanks for the context! > My experience with the existing code is from operating and exercising this > path, including reproducing the lifetime, authentication, teardown, and > input-validation issues addressed by the net series. I > agree that the patch stream exposed bugs in the existing implementation, > and the reviews have helped separate those fixes from the IPv6 transport > work. I’ll wait for net-next to reopen, then repost the IPv6 series with > the net fixes as its prerequisite.
