[lwip-devel] [patch #9218] ICMPv6 should always have checksums generated

[Dirk Ziegelmeier]

Update of patch #9218 (project lwip):

                  Status:                    None => Done                   
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

Thanks for the patch!

Explanation for reference from RFC 3542, chapter 1:

   2. Some basic semantic definitions for IPv6 raw sockets.  For
      example, a raw ICMPv4 socket requires the application to calculate
      and store the ICMPv4 header checksum.  But with IPv6 this would
      require the application to choose the source IPv6 address because
      the source address is part of the pseudo header that ICMPv6 now
      uses for its checksum computation.  It should be defined that with
      a raw ICMPv6 socket the kernel always calculates and stores the
      ICMPv6 header checksum.


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