This patch from Bart Visscher <magick@linux-fan.com> adds

IPV6 support to busybox.  This patch does the following:
    * Add IPv6 support to libbb
    * Enable IPv6 interface address display
    * Add IPv6 config option
    * Adds ping6, an adaptation of the ping applet for IPv6
    * Adds support routines for ping6:
	- xgethostbyname2
	- create_icmp6_socket
    * Adds ifconfig support for IPv6
    * Add support IPv6 to netstat
    * Add IPv6 support to route
Thanks Bart!

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xgethostbyname2.c b/libbb/xgethostbyname2.c
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+++ b/libbb/xgethostbyname2.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Mini xgethostbyname2 implementation.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Kraai <kraai@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu>.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+
+#if CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
+struct hostent *xgethostbyname2(const char *name, int af)
+{
+        struct hostent *retval;
+
+        if ((retval = gethostbyname2(name, af)) == NULL)
+                herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);
+
+        return retval;
+}
+#endif