Re: ipv6nd-02.txt & autoconfig

[Juha Heinanen <[e-mail]>]

when ieee gets there virtual lan stuff defined and 1 gb ethernets become
available, we'll definitely start to see single physical ethernet
interfaces with multiple logical ip interfaces in the same way that
people are using atm interfaces today.  in case of ethernet, one can
tell the logical interfaces apart if each is assigned its own mac
address, but nothing would prevent inventing a trick to derive the link
local address from a single mac address.  in case of atm, the sel can be
used, since it is there, but it doesn't need to be used.

so my summary is: make derivation of link local address plug and play by
either using multiple esis or invent a trick that maps esi+sel to link
local address.  no matter which method is chosen, the important thing is
plug and play.  if that can't be achieved, the whole issue is not worth
standardizing.

-- juha