[ipxe-devel] [PATCH 3/7] ipv6: Update link-local route when configuring network device

[Michael Brown]

On 01/04/15 08:26, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> The IPv6 link-local address is generated during probing.
> So if the link-local address of the hardware is changed
> later on the IPv6 link-local address will become incorrect.
> So we should set the link-local route for IPv6 before
> before the network configuration is started; this way
> we will always have a correct link-local address.

I think this approach would prevent the use of a link-local address 
unless the user initiates autoconfiguration: you would no longer be able 
to to just ifopen and immediately connect to a server via a link-local 
address.

Michael