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

[Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>]

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

From: Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
To: gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/53247: loss of IPv6 address with DHCP in netbsd-8
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 14:43:09 -0600

 On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 08:05:00PM +0000, Roy Bixler wrote:
 >  I am now running the patched NetBSD 8_RC1 kernel.  I'll report back if
 >  I see the "No buffer space" message.  If I don't see it, I'd give it a
 >  week or so before declaring success.
 
 I've run the patched kernel for a week now and I have not seen the "No
 buffer space" message.  Outside of a local network outage, I also have
 not lost my IPv6 address.  The IPv6 routers went down and I lost my
 IPv6 address then.  When the routers came back up, I regained it.
 
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 Roy Bixler <rcbixler%nyx.net@localhost>
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 sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment."
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