IPv6 support in the openwrt protocol handler

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey

> > > Before the openwrt packages were integrated in the official packages
> > > repo, we received a merge request adding some IPv6 support to the
> > > modemmanager protocol handler.
> > >
> > > Please look at this patch in case you want to get that integrated:
> > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/aleksm/mobile-broadband-openwrt/commit/9234ce19c00cf2067d7ea48844569ae2fd135033
> >
> > Now I haven't tested this at all, so I might be missing
> > something.... But the patch has a
> >
> >         if [ "$iptype" = "ipv6" -o "$iptype" = "ipv4v6" ]; then
> >            .. lotsofstuff
> >         else
> >            .. otherstuff
> >         fi
> >
> > This looks wrong, and like it might potentionally break IPv4 in the
> > "ipv4v6" case.  Or is that still handled somehow?
> >
> > There are also som minor nits like requiring "bearer.ipv6-config.method"
> > for IPv6 just for the
> >
> >   echo "connection setup required in interface ${beareriface}: ${bearermethod}"
> >
> > when in fact only "static" is supported for IPv6. Which I guess is fine
> > by itself. "dhcp" doesn't make much sense. But I believe "ppp" at least
> > should spit out an "unsupported" warning or similar.  OpenWrt users have
> > been known to try dual stack over PPP in the past :-)
> >
>
> I should have added the patch author in CC in order to discuss the
> changes with him if needed, doing that now.
>

Here's my attempt to add IPv4v6/IPv6 support to the OpenWRT protocol handler:
https://github.com/aleksander0m/openwrt-packages/commit/b5805c3e1d2965662d2fe16aa80140a242339abd

Tests with that branch would be very appreciated.

-- 
Aleksander
https://aleksander.es