[En-Nut-Discussion] IPv6

[johan van der Stoel]

>>> One issue I see is that fitting both IPv4 and IPv6 in would greatly
increase
>>> the code size
>>> and complexity, but the expectation is likely to be supporting either v4
or
>>> both v4 and v6. (v4 || (v4 & v6))
>> 
>> uIP uses a preprocessor macro to include or exclude IPv6 support. This 
>> seems to be practical.
>I agree too. Specially because most people that are thinking about ipv6 
>will most likely be using bigger chips, where that amout of extra memory 
>is not a concern :)

This brings me to the following questions: having said this, does anyone
have an estimation about the extra code size? The same question about the
performance: does IPv6 significantly reduce performance (on ATMEGA) or is it
only minor?


Johan van der Stoel

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