CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD is disabled in kernel config

[Nathan Lutchansky]

Binary package hint: linux-image-2.6.35-1-generic-pae

The 2.6.35-1 packages in maverick do not have the CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD option enabled. This option controls the availability of the "IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd)" implementation in the IPv6 SIT module.

6rd is an automatic tunneling mechanism that allows ISPs to provide IPv6 access to their customers using an existing IPv4 infrastructure. Free.fr has been using 6rd since 2007, and Comcast is rolling out 6rd-based IPv6 trials this month. Several other ISPs are planning to deploy 6rd as well.

With the CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD kernel config option enabled, the behavior of the kernel will not change unless the user specifically configures a 6rd interface using "ip tunnel". (On the userland side, 6rd is supported in iproute-20100519-2 which is already in maverick.)

Please enable the CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD option in the maverick kernel config so that Ubuntu users can receive IPv6 connectivity with 6rd.

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

Hi Nathan,

Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, please run the following command from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report.

apport-collect -p linux 591869

Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results.

Thanks in advance.

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[Nathan Lutchansky (nathan-launchpad)]

I removed the needs-kernel-logs and needs-upstream-testing tags because I don't think there's anything that needs to debugged or checked upstream. I'm not reporting a software failure; I'm just asking for a config option to be turned on. (If there's a more appropriate place to make this kind of request, please let me know.)

Just to confirm, I tested to make sure that the latest Maverick kernel (2.6.35-2.2 now) does not have 6rd support:

root@maverick:~# uname -a
Linux maverick 2.6.35-2-generic #2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 8 19:15:10 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
root@maverick:~# grep 6RD /boot/config-$(uname -r)
# CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD is not set
root@maverick:~# ip tunnel add sit1 mode sit local 10.100.100.1 ttl 64
root@maverick:~# ip tunnel 6rd dev sit1 6rd-prefix 2001:0db8::/32 6rd-relay_prefix 10.0.0.0/8
ioctl: Invalid argument
root@maverick:~#

If I grab the 2.6.35-2 source package, I can add CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD=y to debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu and rebuild new kernel packages with 6rd support.

Using my custom-built kernel package with CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD, I get the following result from the above test:

root@maverick:~# uname -a
Linux maverick 2.6.35-2-generic #2 SMP Wed Jun 9 23:52:10 EDT 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
root@maverick:~# grep 6RD /boot/config-$(uname -r)
CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD=y
root@maverick:~# ip tunnel add sit1 mode sit local 10.100.100.1 ttl 64
root@maverick:~# ip tunnel 6rd dev sit1 6rd-prefix 2001:0db8::/32 6rd-relay_prefix 10.0.0.0/8
root@maverick:~# ip tunnel show sit1
sit1: ipv6/ip remote any local 10.100.100.1 ttl 64 6rd-prefix 2001:db8::/32 6rd-relay_prefix 10.0.0.0/8
root@maverick:~#

Let me know if you need further justification for this request, or if I should raise the discussion in a different venue. Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.35-5.6

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linux (2.6.35-5.6) maverick; urgency=low

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 -- Leann Ogasawara <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:05:29 -0700