Re: I'm trying to make a 6rd pseudo-device

[Geert Hendrickx <geert%hendrickx.be@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 15:05:05 -0500, Patrick Klos wrote:
> Hello tech-net:
> 
> I am trying to make my own 6rd pseudo-device for NetBSD (partly, to
> try to use Comcast's 6rd support, and partly to learn more about how
> these kinds of drivers work?).  I'm building with current (5.99.43).
> 
> I modeled my 'sixrd' driver after the 'stf' driver since they're
> both doing almost the same tunneling with just a few different
> rules.
> 
> After creating the device, I configure it with the IPv6 address
> 2001:55c:62d8:93c7::1:
> 
>    ifconfig sixrd0 inet6 2001:55c:62d8:93c7::1 prefixlen 32
> 
> Then I try to ping6 to 2001:55c:62d8:93c7::2 which should force the
> packets to/thru my driver, but instead, I get the following:
> 
>   lily# ping6 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2
>   PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:55c:62d8:93c7::1 --> 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2
>   ping6: sendmsg: Message too long
>   ping6: wrote 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2 16 chars, ret=-1
>   ping6: sendmsg: Message too long
>   ping6: wrote 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2 16 chars, ret=-1
>   ping6: sendmsg: Message too long
>   ping6: wrote 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2 16 chars, ret=-1
>   ^C
>   --- 2001:55c:45fc:5042::2 ping6 statistics ---
>   3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> 
> I have a debug statement in the sixrd_output() routine, so I'd see
> if any packets were trying to be sent.
> 
> It's almost as if the IPv6 stack is checking the length, and
> thinking the packet is too big to send on the target interface?
> 
> My device's settings are all identical to what the stf driver uses.
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Patrick Klos



Hi Patrick,

did you get this working eventually?  Do you have code to share?


        Geert


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