Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv6: (5/5) Allow IPv6 tunnels without own IPv6 address

From: "David S. Miller" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:52:01 -0700

On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 11:24:09 +0900 (JST)
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / _$B5HF#1QL@ <[email-masked]> wrote:

> In article <[email-masked]> (at Mon, 1 Sep 2003 03:11:58 +0300 (EEST)), Ville Nuorvala <[email-masked]> says:
> 
> > unless (link-local) protocols like DHCPv6 or MLD are run over the virtual
> > link formed by IPv6 tunnels, the net_devices representing the tunnels
> > don't necessarily need to have an IPv6 address configured specifically to
> > them.
> 
> Wrong. All interfaces have a link-local address. (RFC2462)

Are you sure there isn't an exception in the ip6ip6 tunnel
RFC?