[RFC] Automatic MP peering with IPv6 link local peers

[Ondrej Zajicek]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 05:36:20PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Jul 14, Ondrej Zajicek <santiago at crfreenet.org> wrote:
> 
> > > RFC 8950 is what has been implemented in Cumulus.
> > Not sure how that is relevant, RFC 8950 is just IPv6 next hop for IPv4
> > routes, it does not handle BGP neighbor discovery.
> Discovery is just looking at Router Advertisements for the link, then 
> you need RFC 8950.

Hmm, using Router Advertisements for BGP neighbor discovery is an
interesting idea, especially when it is already implemented by other
vendors.

We already have support for extended next hop (RFC 5549, where RFC 8950
is just a minor update).

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