Subject: Re: RFC3927 ARP patch status?

From: David Daney <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:36:54 -0700

Anand Kumria wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Do you know the status of your RFC3927 ARP patch? Is it likely to make
> it into a mainline kernel?
> 

That would be up to the kernel network maintainers.

There were some discussions about whether it made sense for the kernel 
to support the behavior required by the RFC.  Other comments debated the 
wisdom of using a tightly targeted patch specific to the RFC, or whether 
a more general but intrusive solution would be better.

The patch is there.  I signed-off-by on it.

If you need RFC3927 compliance, you are free to apply the patch.  If the 
  network maintainers are so inclined, they can do the necessary things 
to get it into the mainline.

David Daney