Add network RoutingPolicyRules at OpenBMC Networkd

Paul Fertser fercerpav at gmail.com
Fri Oct 13 23:04:27 AEDT 2023


Hello,

A short clarification inline.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 11:18:33AM +0000, Alexander Amelkin wrote:
> I may be missing some use-cases, but I gather link-local addresses are primarily
> needed for discovery of newly installed OpenBMC
> 
> machines before they are properly integrated into a DHCP-based or statically
> configure network. Taking that into account, in my
> 
> humble opinion, the best way would be to have link-local addressing enabled for
> just eth0.

To avoid potential of confusion it's important to note that the
reasoning applies to legacy IP only, for IPv6 every interface normally
has a link-local address at all times.

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