IPv6 BGP over link-local addresses

[Job Snijders]

Hi all,

I have a very specific use case in which it would be nice if I could set
up BGP sessions from link-local address to another link-local address
across a link. 

This is what I have, and the error I am getting: 

root at test203:/etc# service bird6 start
Mar  7 15:27:11 test203 bird6: Started
Mar  7 15:27:11 test203 bird6: bgp1: Invalid remote address fe80::200:5efe:d413:dc3a
^C
root at test203:/etc# cat bird6.conf
router id 1.1.2.3;
protocol kernel {
    persist;        # Don't remove routes on bird shutdown
    scan time 20;       # Scan kernel routing table every 20 seconds
    export all;     # Default is export none
}

protocol device {
    scan time 10;       # Scan interfaces every 10 seconds
}

protocol bgp {
    local as 64496;
    neighbor fe80::200:5efe:d413:dc3a as 65000;
    source address fe80::200:5efe:4e98:2a46;
}
root at test203:/etc#

Addresses in the form of fe80::200:5efe:d413:dc3a%eth0 are also not accepted.

Kind regards,

Job
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