[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH] DHCPv6: Honor assigning IPv6 address based on MAC address

Geert Stappers stappers at hendrikx-itc.nl
Wed Jan 16 15:24:43 GMT 2019


On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 09:11:27AM +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 11/01/2019 16:52, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > Hello, can somebody look at this patch?
> > 
> > I remember that more people asked for ability to assign IPv6 address
> > based on MAC address specified in config file, rather then IAID/DUID.
> 
> ...
> 
> > > Also this patch adds support for allowing IPv6 address to be associated
> > > with multiple hardware addresses, and gives dnsmasq permission to abandon a
> > > lease. This is similar functionality as already supported for IPv4 address.
> 
> Can we get this by itself first? We should have this ability with DUID at
> least to match ISC dhcpd behaviour - and to be pinickity, IAID + type as
> well (IAID of 1 for example is different for IA_NA and IA_PD).
> 
> Then we can look at MAC address assignment as a smaller and later patch.
> 

Spilting a problem in smaller ones is a good thing.
Sending in small patches also.


Cheers
Geert Stappers
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