Re: ipv4 and ipv6 stacks for new link layers?

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From: Markku Savela <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:45:03 +0200

> I think that is worse than allow a new driver to provide a simple
> service function which maps IPv4/6 multicast address into link layer
> address, when asked.

The problem is that this mapping isn't so simple for several
link layer types.

I outlined in another email this problem, in that any interface
which would allow a driver-like-API for this would be either
overly general or so specific as to be useless.
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