Re: [HACKERS] Linux.conf.au 2003 Report

"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Linux.conf.au Report
> [ much snipped ]

> * IPV6 data types
> - Apparently there are some ISPs in some countries that have started to bill
> people for IPV6 bandwidth, and the lack of IPV6 address types is hurting
> them.

Yeah. This is a pretty self-contained problem, it just needs someone
who's motivated to work on it. Mostly what we need is to understand how
we want to extend the previously-agreed-to I/O behaviors for IPv4 inet
and cidr types into the v6 domain. (Or should we back up and ask if the
inet/cidr division still makes sense in the v6 world? I hope so, but
if not we should face up to it...)

> ... Maybe we should
> chase some people for case studies?

U betcha ... we were just getting pestered for more of those ...

regards, tom lane