Re: [Ltib] ipv6 LTIB issues

[Mickael Chazaux]

Hi,

2012/4/11  <address@hidden>:
> Hi All,
>
> I am running a LTIB (Kernel 2.6.32) / Freescale BSP (20100429)  and having
> some strange ipv6 stack problems. It seems like my target is not responding
> to ipv6 Neighbor Solicitation Messages (the ipv6 equivalent of ARP).  As a
> result I can't "ping" or connect with sockets to the embedded system over
> ipv6.  Everything works great over ipv4.  I am trying to see if I am missing
> some configuration parameter for ipv6 or if LTIB has a known issue with
> ipv6.  It seems that the ipv6 Neighbor Discovery is failing when initiated
> from an external host to the embedded system.  The embedded system can
> however successfully "ping" other ipv6 hosts on the network.  So ND is
> broken one way.  It would be great if anyone has any ideas as to what could
> be the root of the problem.
>
> Thanks!
>
I remember having this kind of issues. IIRC, there is a bug in the FEC
driver that can be worked around by putting the device in promisc
mode.

Mickael