Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 6/7] selftests/net: add LOCAL_PREFIX_V{4,6} env to HW selftests

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:24:43 -0800

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:30:15 -0800 David Wei wrote:
> +LOCAL_PREFIX_V6, LOCAL_PREFIX_V6
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I suppose one of these was supposed to say 4?

> +Local IP prefix that is publicly routable. Devices assigned with an address
> +using this prefix can directly receive packets from a remote.

How about this:

Local IP prefix/subnet which can be used to allocate extra IP addresses
(for network name spaces behind macvlan, veth, netkit devices).
DUT must be reachable using these addresses from the endpoint.