Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-08 Thread Bruce M. Simpson
Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: I'd go with something number+space+text as that going to least likely break existing scripts (unless they match on line end;). Another thing I am worried about is the output getting more likely 80 chars which is a bit of a pain. Drop 'prefixlen' and use / instead:

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-08 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
At Sat, 5 Jan 2008 12:52:53 +0100, Michael Tuexen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aren't site-local IPv6 addresses depreceated (RFC 3879)? So shouldn't > the site-local stuff be removed? RFC3879 only deprecates site-local *unicast* addresses; the notion of "site-local" is still valid for multicast a

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-08 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Rui Paulo wrote: At Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:17:35 +, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: Crist J. Clark wrote: Anyone up for adding text to the scopeid field in the ifconfig(8) output for IPv6 addresses? Other OSes do. To avoid too much disruption to the current format, the text is ap

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-08 Thread Rui Paulo
At Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:17:35 +, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > > Crist J. Clark wrote: > > Anyone up for adding text to the scopeid field in the ifconfig(8) > > output for IPv6 addresses? Other OSes do. To avoid too much > > disruption to the current format, the text is appended after the > > curre

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-05 Thread Crist J. Clark
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:39:21AM -0800, Michael Smith wrote: > Hello All: > > I think we're crossing the streams here. The Site Local (FEC0::/10) > has been deprecated. The fe80:: is Link Local and is very much alive. Those are all of the scope values still assigned in RFC4291 which is the

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Smith
Hello All: I think we're crossing the streams here. The Site Local (FEC0::/10) has been deprecated. The fe80:: is Link Local and is very much alive. Regards, Mike On Jan 5, 2008, at 3:52 AM, Michael Tuexen wrote: Dear all, aren't site-local IPv6 addresses depreceated (RFC 3879)? So sho

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Tuexen
Dear all, aren't site-local IPv6 addresses depreceated (RFC 3879)? So shouldn't the site-local stuff be removed? Best regards Michael On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:56 PM, Crist J. Clark wrote: Anyone up for adding text to the scopeid field in the ifconfig(8) output for IPv6 addresses? Other OSes do.

Re: Text for IPv6 Scope

2008-01-05 Thread Bruce M. Simpson
Crist J. Clark wrote: Anyone up for adding text to the scopeid field in the ifconfig(8) output for IPv6 addresses? Other OSes do. To avoid too much disruption to the current format, the text is appended after the currently printed hexadecimal field. Example: fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 op