On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: > On 04/07/2011 12:19 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=4586 > > Point 2 (note 12051) is the one that is relevant. I welcome any > feedback / suggestions for the proposed method I outlined there. > While you are there, look also at the issues described for Point 3 > (note 12052). Anyone can help in there as well. :) > Hi Akemi, > > Two questions: > 1) Is there a step by step documentation on rebuilding the centosplus > kernels that includes what the environment should be. I built all the binaries on RHEL6beta2refresh. Other than that, I hope that the info on how to build cplus 6 kernel is in that bug tracker entry. > 2) Is it possible to get upstream patches from newer kernels included or > must on do it themselves. > > I am specifically interested in the following 2 patches that let linux > behave according to > Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers > draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-cpe-router-09 > > The current kernel-2.6.32-71.18.2.el6 does not have these patches - which > prevents using it as > a customer edge router for ipv6. I had a quick look at the patches. The first one seems to be applicable without any modifications. The second one will need an adjustment. Could you file a request at bugs.centos.org ? I can try and build a test cplus kernel with those patches applied. Are you then able to test it to see if the patched version works as expected? Akemi