Up to now an initial version of the following functionality has been made:
new address family module - struct net_address_module_info - for IPv6 implemented, based on code from haiku/src/add-ons/kernel/network/protocols/ipv4/ipv4_address.cpp new protocol module - struct net_protocol_module_info - for IPv6 implemented, based on code from haiku/src/add-ons/kernel/network/protocols/ipv4/ipv4.cpp a patch for the ifconfig tool, that allows to configure interfaces with IPv6 addresses. It works by adding new struct net_interface structures, in a way to similar to how IPv4 address aliasing works.
With the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses that is expected to happen soon, the next Internet protocol version IPv6 has become more important than ever. All major desktop operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) already have IPv6 support. The main objective of this Summer of Code project is to create an IPv6 implementation in Haiku kernel. This work will allow user-space application developers to add IPv6 support to their programs, and Haiku users to have IPv6 connectivity to the Internet or other networks.
