[Olsr-dev] olsrd IPv6 /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding

[Henning]

On Saturday 11 June 2011 02:03:11 Henning wrote:
> On Friday 10 June 2011 17:26:29 ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto) wrote:
> > >> At Ninux we noticed that olsrd (using 0.6.1) when running in IPv6 mode
> > >> does not correctly set to 1 the IPv6 forwarding in the kernel
> > >> 
> > >> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding
> > >> 
> > >> is this a known bug ?
> > > 
> > > Which kernel version are you using? Some of the flags are different,
> > > depending on the linux kernel.
> > 
> > We are using the AirOS firmware that has a very old Kernel 2.6.15
> > 
> > here full output of uname
> > Linux M5ConbipelConsoli 2.6.15-5.2 #9 Fri Jun 3 01:03:45 CEST 2011 mips
> > unknown
> 
> Normally this proc variable should be set in linux/net.c, line 185. At
> least if your OLSRd runs in IPv6 mode.
> 
> Any idea why its not doing its job on your system?

I just did a small test on my local system with the current stable code, and 
its definitely setting the procfile entry from 0 to 1. Can you maybe check if 
something on your system resets the value or if the code line in 
src/linux/net.c line 185 is not called?

Henning