Re: bin/53247: loss of IPv6 address with DHCP in netbsd-8

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/53247; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>
To: Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/53247: loss of IPv6 address with DHCP in netbsd-8
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 19:40:33 +0100

 On 02/05/2018 19:25, Roy Bixler wrote:
 > On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 12:12:45PM -0600, Roy Bixler wrote:
 >> I've just applied your patch and I suppose I'll know the results in a
 >> few days.
 > 
 > The patch has the desired effect.  I see a couple of the
 > "ipv6nd_handledata: No buffer space available" messages in the log
 > from this morning, which at this point is about 5 hours ago.  Since
 > then, I've also seen the usual dance where the default router expires
 > and it settles on the right one again.  I still have an IPv6 address
 > and my IPv6 connections are still good.
 
 Nice.
 
 Can you also test the kernel patch I posted here please:
 https://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2018/05/01/msg033606.html
 
 Hopefully the message will then be completely eliminated.
 
 Roy