Re: Import nd6_output_ifp routing function from FreeBSD

[Emmanuel Nyarko <emmankoko519%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On 22 Jun 2025, at 3:12 PM, Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
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> Emmanuel Nyarko <emmankoko519%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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>> I am currently working on policy based routing (based on outgoing interface)
>> 
>> there’ a previously written code for ipv6 which I’ve taken from Jonathan
>> A. Kollasch long time ago.  and he used nd6_output function which
>> appears to be removed from netbsd.
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> [snip]
> 
>> freeBSD now uses nd6_output_ifp for a similar job. and i want to import
>> it to netbsd so we can use it for that.
>> 
>> https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/netinet6/nd6.c#L2184
> 
> Have you looked at what parts of IPv6 processing are now done in dhcpcd?

I don’t have that idea yet. But, I’m ready to do the work. You mean,  I should check how efficient or the limit to which dhcpd can assign IPv6 addresses to neighboring hosts ?