Re: [PATCH 1/4] lwip: switch inquire_device()/configure_device() to ip4_addr_t/ip6_addr_t

Joan Lledó <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:53:10 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.bugs
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Hi

El 28/6/26 a les 0:10, Samuel Thibault ha escrit:
> Joan Lledó, le sam. 27 juin 2026 12:07:58 +0200, a ecrit:
>>      Drop the now-unused
>>      addr6_prefix_len parameter from configure_device()
> 
> ?? Isn't this needed?
> 
> It's not the size of the ipv6 address, but the amount of bits in the
> network part of it.
> 
> Currently it's mostly hardcoded to 64, but we should really aim to
> support different prefix sizes.
> 

lwip only supports 64 bit prefixes, there's no way to set a different value.

The prefix parameter in `configure_device()` was unused, That's why I 
removed it