[Debian] Re: Bug#533208: IPv6 not working in OpenVZ containers with Lenny 2.6.26-openvz kernel

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi Benoit

Thanks for reporting it here as well.

I'll see if upstream can help you with this one.

Best regards,

// Ola

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 06:41:01PM +0200, Benoit Branciard wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64
> Version: 2.6.26-15lenny2
> Tags: lenny,ipv6
>
> IPv6 does not work in OpenVZ containers when hardware node is using the  
> linux-image-2.6.26-2-openvz-amd64 kernel: containers are unable to reach  
> any IPv6 host other than himself and the hardware node.
>
> This does not affect the IPv6 connectivity of the hardware node itself,  
> only hosted containers.
>
> Booting the hardware node with the Debian-Systs 2.6.18 "Fortezza" kernel  
> (linux-image-2.6.18-14-fza-amd64, version 028stab056.1dso1), without  
> changing anything else, restores proper IPv6 functionlality in  
> containers, so the issue seems kernel or kernel-version related.
>
> This bug has been filed on the OpenVZ bug tracker:
> http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287
>
> Test setup is:
> - Debian Lenny hardware node
> - Debian Etch, Lenny and CentOS containers
> - containers use venet devices
> - IPv6 forwarding is globally enabled (/sbin/sysctl -q -w  
> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1), and hardware node public ethernet  
> device is statically IPv6-configured
>
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