From 4ebbbd4079cbf6295367b9c7a555c1b668fa0d8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Mares Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:15:20 +0000 Subject: Changed comments regarding hash function. --- lib/ipv6.h | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/ipv6.h') diff --git a/lib/ipv6.h b/lib/ipv6.h index 33f2742..6f157cd 100644 --- a/lib/ipv6.h +++ b/lib/ipv6.h @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* * BIRD -- IP Addresses et Cetera for IPv6 * - * (c) 1999 Martin Mares + * (c) 1999--2000 Martin Mares * * Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL. */ @@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ void ipv6_ntoh(ip_addr *); int ipv6_compare(ip_addr, ip_addr); int ipv4_pton_u32(char *, u32 *); -/* FIXME: Is this hash function uniformly distributed over standard routing tables? */ +/* + * This hash function looks well, but once IPv6 enters + * mainstream use, we need to check that it has good + * distribution properties on real routing tables. + */ + static inline unsigned ipv6_hash(ip_addr *a) { /* Returns a 16-bit hash key */ -- cgit v1.2.3