[radvd-devel-l] how is the length field calcuted for the radvd options

[Pekka Savola]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Magesh mannar wrote:
>  I am going through the radvd src code. In send.c program, i find the send_ra() fn which creates the various options and sends the ra using sendmsg.
>  I suppose the msgs are created in the TLV format. I am wondering 
> how the length filed is calculated. For example, while creating the 
> prefix info option, the length field is set to 4 
> (pinfo->nd_opt_pi_len = 4;). Can you please let me know how the 
> length field is calculated and how it is 4 for the prefix option
...
>  Sorry for troubling with a trivial doubt.

Take a look at RFC2461, in particular section 4.6.2.

I hope reading the specifications will help you with similar doubts in 
the future.

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