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Re: [PATCH] mount.cifs: add support for sending IPv6 scope ID to kernel

by Jeff Layton-3 :: Rate this Message:

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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:48:52 -0400
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...> wrote:

> When getaddrinfo returns an IPv6 address with a non-zero scope_id, send
> that to the kernel appended to the address with a '%' delimiter. This
> allows people to mount servers via their link-local IPv6 addresses
> (given a kernel that understands this address format, of course).
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...>


Committed to samba master branch.
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