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diff --git a/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn b/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
index 892aff59..0478fc31 100644
--- a/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/translator/pfinet/ipv6.mdwn
@@ -45,41 +45,8 @@ Quite the same, but with static IPv6 address assignment:
-A 2001:4b88:10e4:0:216:3eff:feff:4223/64 -G 2001:4b88:10e4::1
-# Multicast Reception
-
-IPv6 heavily relies on multicasting (especially router and neighbour solicits
-and advertisements), however [[GNU_Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach]] by default
-isn't configured to receive and handle those multicast packets. That is, that
-neighbour solicitations and thus the whole IPv6 thing won't work. To make your
-Mach kernel receive these packets, you've got to set the IFF_ALLMULTI flag in
-the network glue:
-
- RCS file: /sources/hurd/gnumach/linux/dev/glue/Attic/net.c,v
- retrieving revision 1.1.4.7
- diff -u -r1.1.4.7 net.c
- --- net.c 27 Mar 2007 22:47:11 -0000 1.1.4.7
- +++ net.c 7 Oct 2007 17:05:04 -0000
- @@ -398,8 +398,11 @@
- }
- else
- {
- - dev->flags |= LINUX_IFF_UP | LINUX_IFF_RUNNING;
- + dev->flags |= LINUX_IFF_UP | LINUX_IFF_RUNNING | LINUX_IFF_ALLMULTI;
- skb_queue_head_init (&dev->buffs[0]);
- +
- + if (dev->set_multicast_list)
- + dev->set_multicast_list (dev);
- }
- if (IP_VALID (reply_port))
- ds_device_open_reply (reply_port, reply_port_type,
-
-If you're using the
-[[Xen-version_of_GNU_Mach|microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/xen]] you don't have
-to change anything, pfinet6 should work out of the box.
-
-
# Binaries
-For your convenience there are binaries of a patched GNU Mach kernel (including
+For your convenience there are binaries of a patched (multicast reception) GNU Mach kernel (including
default driver set and debugging support) and a stripped pfinet6 at
<http://brokenpipe.de/GnuHurd/pfinet6/>