From: Erik Nordmark <nordm...@arista.com> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:57:09 -0800
> Made kernel accept IPv6 routes with IPv4-mapped address as next-hop. > > It is possible to configure IP interfaces with IPv4-mapped addresses, and > one can add IPv6 routes for IPv4-mapped destinations/prefixes, yet prior > to this fix the kernel returned an EINVAL when attempting to add an IPv6 > route with an IPv4-mapped address as a nexthop/gateway. > > RFC 4798 (a proposed standard RFC) uses IPv4-mapped addresses as nexthops, > thus in order to support that type of address configuration the kernel > needs to allow IPv4-mapped addresses as nexthops. > > Signed-off-by: Erik Nordmark <nordm...@arista.com> > Signed-off-by: Bob Gilligan <gilli...@arista.com> Applied to net-next, thanks.
